POLICE ARREST MEDICAL DOCTOR OVER ALLED CHILD TRAFFICKING, FORGERY

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Dr. Emmanuel Ugwumba, 52, of the Ezimo-Agu community in Udenu Local Government Area has been taken into custody by the Enugu State Police Command on charges of forgery and child trafficking.

DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the command’s public relations officer, said this in an Enugu statement on Wednesday.

According to Ndukwe, on September 28, 2024, the suspect was captured by members of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Tactical Squad.

According to the PPRO, the suspect’s arrest followed the interception of a public notice on an abandoned child he made and endorsed in the name of the Enugu State Ministry of Gender and Social Development as the director of OTZ, and published on a national daily.

The police spokesman said upon his arrest, he was found to be involved in child trafficking, with one pregnant woman, the four-year-old child, and another two-year-old child, both female.

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“Investigation revealed that the suspect, who claimed to be a graduate of medicine and surgery from the University of Jos, owns and manages Chima Hospital and Maternity located at Ugbaike Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area.

“It was further discovered that between 2017 and 2024, he conspired with an acclaimed staff of the Ministry and others at large to conduct ante-natal care and delivery of seven yet-to-be-traced children from different mothers in the hospital,” he said.

He claims that additional evidence of the suspect’s unlawful possession included unconfirmed pest/vector certifications from the Enugu State Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources and several documents from the Ministry of Gender Affairs.

 

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