A medical doctor has been arrested by the Benue State Police Command in Rivers over the disappearance of three children from Benue. The doctor’s name was not given, but he was arrested in Rivers following an alert on the missing children. The children were found in his custody in Rumuokoro.
In a statement by the command spokesperson, Sewuese Anene in Makurdi, it was revealed that the Command had received a complaint on September 24 from Mr Godwin Kpaakpa of Badagry Street, Opposite St. Peters Church Wurukum, Makurdi that two of his children were missing. The children, Philomena and Benedict, were aged six and about two years old.
The command had commenced investigation and sent a signal nationwide, noting that the two children and one other were recovered in the hands of the doctor during an operation.
On October 20, information was received from Rivers Police Command that in the course of an operation at Rumuokoro area, they rescued three children from a medical doctor that seemed to be the same children earlier reported by Benue Command. A team of detectives was sent to Rivers state for identification and other necessary actions.
Fortunately, the two children were identified alongside one other child, Godsgift Julius, whose parents are yet to be identified. Philomena and Benedict have been reunited with their family while Godsgift is yet to connect with his family. The medical doctor is being investigated by Rivers Command while efforts are being made to locate his accomplices in Benue.