Doctor Arrested for Child Trafficking and Forgery in Enugu State

The Enugu State Police Command Operatives for the Anti-Kidnapping Tactics Squad on September 28, 2024, arrested one Dr. Emmanuel Chimaobi Ugwumba “m,” aged 52, of Ezimo-Agu, Udenu Local Government Area for alleged child trafficking and forgery.

In a statement released, DSP Daniel Ndukwu, the command’s spokesperson said Ugwumba’s arrest led to the police finding out about 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.

The DSP mentioned that upon his arrest, they found out that Ugwumba was involved in child trafficking. One pregnant woman, the four-year-old publicized child, and another two-year-old child, both female, were then 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 unauthorized 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.”

Ndukwe stated that the suspect has been brought before the court and placed in the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre, awaiting further hearings.