- Nigerian Police invite Ebonyi State government officials for alleged role in newborn trafficking
- Family accuses police, NSCDC officers of abducting, detaining mother and selling child
- Invitation follows reports that baby was sold for N25 million without family’s consent
The Nigeria Police Force has summoned two senior Ebonyi State government officials over their alleged involvement in the trafficking of a newborn baby reportedly sold for N25 million.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the officials, Mr. Nkwuda Emmanuel, Head of Child Development at the Ministry of Women Affairs, and Mrs. Nneka Akam, Officer-in-Charge of Legal at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), were invited for questioning at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex in Enugu.
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According to police documents obtained on July 31, the invitation is part of an ongoing investigation into serious allegations involving abduction, conspiracy, unlawful detention, and child trafficking.
The case centres around Susannah Nwanneka Nweze, a young woman who was reportedly abducted, detained, and forced to give birth at a police facility. Her family claims that her newborn baby boy was then sold by officers for N25 million, without their knowledge or consent.
A previous petition filed on July 1 by the family of Mr. Nweze Philip Obasi, from Umuobuna Etiti Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area, had accused officers from both the Nigeria Police Force and the NSCDC of orchestrating the crime.
They named SP Loveth Uche, the officer in charge of the Juvenile and Women Centre in Ebonyi Police Command, and two other inspectors as key actors in the alleged sale. The family alleged that the officials abducted Susannah, held her in a police clinic where she gave birth, and then sold the baby.
Further reports indicate that the NSCDC later arrested and detained Nwanneka for several weeks, during which time her initial statement was allegedly altered by Mrs. Akam.
The matter was later transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) after intense public pressure and media coverage.
In the latest development, the FCID’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ime Bassey Usanga, signed the invitation letters, dated 29 July, and addressed them to the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Women Affairs and the NSCDC Commandant.
The letters, titled “Police Invitation,” referenced a “case of conspiracy, abduction, child trafficking and unlawful detention,” stating that the investigation had identified individuals within their departments as playing prominent roles.
“You are hereby requested to warn and release Mr. Nkwuda Emmanuel… to interface with the undersigned on Friday 1st August, 2025 by 10:00am,” one of the letters read.
The officers are expected to appear before the O/C Team C at the FCID Annex in Enugu for interrogation. This summons marks a crucial turn in a case that has attracted public outrage and renewed calls for police accountability.
