A 71-year old retired pastor of a pentecostal church in Abriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia state, Rev. Chima Egochiogum and his wife, Ugo have been arrested by the police for alleged illegal adoption of a stolen baby.
The suspects were paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Joshak Habila in Umahia alongside other suspects in connection with the incident, allegedly they bought a stolen child.
According to the police boss, the pastor and his wife were nabbed after a notorious child trafficker that was arrested last month for human trafficking confessed.
In an interview with journalists, the pastor said he was not aware that the baby adopted by his wife was a stolen child, he also explained that he married his second wife after his first wife died.
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