The Plateau state police commissioner, Mr Chris Olakpe has condemned the worsening spate of killing and selling of children by unscrupulous people for ritual purposes in Plateau. Olakpe said that killing and selling of minors in the state had become a source of concern to the command.

He said “The killing and selling of minors must be condemned by all reasonable human beings. The command has arrested a man that attempted to sell his baby at a cost of N350, 000. Detectives were tipped that somebody was willing to sell the baby and they waded in to bargain the price of the baby. The detectives arrested the man red-handed after collecting the agreed price of N350, 000 from them”.

The Plateau state police commissioner, Mr Chris Olakpe has condemned the worsening spate of killing and selling of children by unscrupulous people for ritual purposes in Plateau. Olakpe said that killing and selling of minors in the state had become a source of concern to the command.

He said “The killing and selling of minors must be condemned by all reasonable human beings. The command has arrested a man that attempted to sell his baby at a cost of N350, 000. Detectives were tipped that somebody was willing to sell the baby and they waded in to bargain the price of the baby. The detectives arrested the man red-handed after collecting the agreed price of N350, 000 from them”.

The police boss stated that the command also arrested a group of three persons in Jos who killed a girl and removed some parts of her body for ritual activities. He added that another woman was arrested while in custody of three kids that were not related to her.

“During police interrogation the woman confessed that the children were brought to her by some people now at large. The woman informed the police that she loves them but she did know their parents,” he said.

Olakpe said that the command recently arrested a man who used a pillow to kill his own child. He said “The young man killed the child to make rituals to make money but the mother of the baby raised alarm and the accused was arrested. I call on all Plateau State people to stop this bad habit of killing innocent souls because nobody makes money with blood or spare parts of human being. I advise people to put more effort in hard work and intensify prayers to God to succeed in all their businesses”.

The police commissioner called on the public to provide police with useful information that would assist in curbing crime in the state and country at large. He assured members of the public that information received will be treated with utmost secrecy and informant will be protected.

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Plateau police commissioner condemns increasing killing of children in the state