Immigration rescues suspected trafficked three-week old baby on high sea
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By Ike Uchechukwu Calabar
The Marine Patrol team of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, in Cross River has rescued a three-weeks old baby suspected to be a victim of child trafficking at the high sea.
The Cross River Comptroller of NIS, Mr Okey Ezugwu, who spoke with Vanguard on the incident in Calabar, said that the suspected child trafficker, Mrs Maureen Awokara, was arrested on Dec. 19, 2020, at the high sea.
Ezugwu said that the suspect was arrested by the marine officers on patrol following her inability to give a comprehensive explanation on the true ownership of the baby.