Police Arrest Medical Doctor for Child Trafficking

A medical doctor Emmanuel Chimaobi Ugwumba of Ezimo-Agu, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State has been arrested by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command for child trafficking.

The 52-year-old Ugwumba was arrested on September 28 following a public notice on an abandoned child he made, endorsed in the name of the Enugu State Ministry of Gender and Social Development as the director of OTZ, and published in the Daily Sun Newspaper of September 27, 2024.

According to DSP Daniel Ndukwe on October 9, 2024, Ugwumba was found to be involved in child trafficking. One pregnant woman, a four-year-old, and a two-year-old child, both female, were rescued.

“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 anti-natal care and delivery of seven yet-to-be traced children from different mothers in the hospital.

“The suspect was also found to be in unauthorised possession of different documents from the Ministry of Gender Affairs and unverified pest/vector certificates from the Enugu State Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources.

He was today, October 9, 2024, arraigned in court and remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre, pending further hearing.”