Nigerian police rescue 10 stolen children and seize 15 firearms
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
Police in Abia State rescued 10 children and recovered 15 firearms and 30 stolen vehicles during security operations. Commissioner Wilfred Afolabi also announced 109 arrests linked to 211 criminal cases between 11 September and 6 November, according to Vanguard.
Police in Nigeria’s Abia State arrested 109 suspects in 211 criminal cases recorded between 11 September and 6 November 2026, while recovering 15 firearms and 30 stolen vehicles and rescuing 10 children. Police Commissioner Wilfred Afolabi presented the figures on Friday while presenting his command’s operational results.
The operations notably led to the recovery of two children, Chiamaka Chikeze, seven, and Goodluck Chikeze, nine months old, who had been stolen, according to Wilfred Afolabi. Two suspects arrested on 11 October in the case were prosecuted and the children were returned to their parents.
In another operation, the anti-kidnapping unit arrested Osita on 25 October in Ubakala, in Umuahia South Local Government Area, and seized two locally made firearms, 16 live cartridges and four spent shells. Another suspect, accused of illegally supplying him with ammunition, was also arrested and the two men were brought before the courts, according to the commissioner.
Police also arrested five suspected members of a vehicle theft network and two people suspected of robbing students of Abia State University in Uturu at gunpoint. A Toyota Corolla and a locally made firearm were recovered in the two operations, according to Wilfred Afolabi.
