Chinedu was said to have connived with her boyfriend, Osunkwu Chinonso to sell her four years old niece for the said amount.
The suspects were paraded on Thursday at the Enugu State headquarters of the Nigeria Police.
The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Ebere Amaraizu said the police got aware of the incident after the young victim Chinecherem Irechukwu, a pupil of Unity Primary School at Inyi in Oji River Local Government Area of the state disappeared on December 15, 2016.
"It started on December 15, 2016, around 12:45 pm at Inyi in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State. It was reported that Chinecherem went missing. The disappearance of the girl threw the entire family, especially her mother, into panic and confusion,"
He continued that the matter was referred to the Hender and Anti-Human Trafficking Section of the State Criminal Intelligence and investigations Department (SCIID), headed by SP Gloria Udoka,
It was in the course of the investigation that Chukwu who is the young sister of the victim's mother was arrested and during interrogation, she confessed that her boyfriend, Chinonso Osunkwo, had convinced her to abduct her niece for sale.
DSP Amaraizu continued:
"Investigation revealed that the lovers. on that fateful day.that they conspired and came into Enugu from Anambra State, They headed to the school, where the little Chinecherem was, tricked and whisked her away to Umuahia, Abia State precisely to Ihe Olokoro.
"She was sold to one Florence Nwokocha for N350,000. the Police have arrested Florence, who assisted the operatives to recover Chinecherem on January 16, 2017.
The little girl was kept at Faulks Road, Aba, Abia State, awaiting the arrival of another buyer, when she was rescued."
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