Man Arrested for Allegedly Stealing 2 Children in Delta

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Man Arrested for Allegedly Stealing 2 Children in Delta


Today, a suspected male criminal, 26, was arrested by the police in Delta State for allegedly stealing two infants at a community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect, identified as Onuwa Okafor, was alleged to have lured away a boy, Chinoso Osakwe aged four and a little girl, Chinaza Nwakanma,3.

The state police spokesperson, Mrs. Celestina Kalu (DSP), said the incident occurred last Thursday morning at Atuma-Iga in Oshimili North, near the state capital of Asaba.

The two victims were, however, rescued when suspicious community members confronted the suspect and he could not give satisfactory answer when asked about the two children with him.

Kalu noted that the suspect had actually been beaten into a pulp when a patrol team of policemen from Issele-Uku arrived at the scene, rescuing the suspect from the angry mob.

The suspect was eventually taken to the General Hospital Issele-Uku for treatment while the children were also kept in "protective custody" pending the time their parents would come for them.

In another development, police arrested two suspected members of a four-man armed robbery gang that reportedly robbed some staff of Delta State University Abraka on June 13, 2015, at the residence along DELSU Campus 4 Road, Abraka.

However, the suspected robbers were given away when a girl, identified as Miss Ozuwo Ajiri Julius, was allegedly seen in Abraka with "one of the stolen handsets, a Galaxy S4 belonging to Mr Ogbonna Ikechukwu Austin (one of the June 13 night robbery).

The girl allegedly told the said Ikechukwu that her boyfriend gave the phone to her, leading to the eventual arrest of one Wale Moses, the police said.

A confessional statement by the said Wale Moses also led to the arrest of another suspect, identified a Israel Omogbai.

The Delta PPRO, Mrs Kalu, today said the police were after the two remaining members of the gang still at large as their names had been given out by the two arrested armed robbery suspects.

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