Family of five-year-old girl petitions IGP over handling of abduction case in Ondo

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

The household of five-year-old Ifeoma Jesinta, abducted successful Akure, Ondo State, and aboriginal recovered successful Asaba, Delta State, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, implicit the handling of the lawsuit by the Ondo State Police Command.

The family, done their lawyer Tope Temokun, alleged successful the petition that determination were irregularities successful the probe process. They claimed that alternatively of receiving protection, the parents of the unfortunate were detained during the people of the investigation.

Ifeoma was abducted a fewer months agone successful Akure and reportedly trafficked done Onitsha earlier being recovered successful Asaba, Delta State. She was rescued by detectives and reunited with her household aft suspects were arrested.

According to the family, suspects arrested successful Asaba and Onitsha allegedly confessed to their roles successful the case, providing leads connected the concatenation of trafficking. The petition urged the IGP to guarantee that each those linked to the lawsuit are investigated and prosecuted.

The lawyer further called for the merchandise of the parents of the unfortunate from detention, stressing the request for a thorough and transparent probe into the incident.

Responding, the Police Public Relations Officer of Ondo State Command, Ayanlade Olayinka, confirmed that the lawsuit was reported by the child’s stepfather and that detectives rescued her successful Asaba aft tracking suspects.

Olayinka said a 30-year-old suspect, Amaka Chukwuemeka, was arrested successful transportation with the lawsuit and had confessed to buying the child, allegedly arsenic portion of a wider web issuing forged adoption papers.

He assured that investigations are ongoing, adding that Ondo State volition not beryllium a harmless haven for kid traffickers.

Meanwhile, the petition has besides been forwarded to the Police Service Commission, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking successful Persons (NAPTIP), with calls for oversight to guarantee justness for the unfortunate and her family.

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