Policeman snatches baby at gunpoint, sells it for N600,000

A Police Corporal, Uche Odoemena, has been arrested for snatching a newborn baby at gunpoint from its mother and selling it for N600,000.
Odoemena, who allegedly committed the offence in Anam­bra State, serves in the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police.

Officials of the Imo State Po­lice Command, who confirmed the incident to The AUTHOR­ITY, said that the Police Com­missioner, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, is leaving no stone unturned to unravel how Odoemena sold the baby he stole.
Odoemena has already been dismissed after an orderly room trial and has been remanded in police custody.

The AUTHORITY gathered that Odoemena, popularly called the “Prince”, was attached to the Okigwe Area Command of Imo State.
A source who sought an­onymity said that Odoemena, who is married to a fellow offic­er, Sergeant Cynthia Odoeme­na, had in the past been accused of human trafficking but with­out proof.

The Authority, January 20, 2017

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