Child rescued after being kidnapped in Benue and sold in Abia for N500K

A missing child has been found and rescued following a full-scale investigation.

2-year-old Bemdoo Ajekwe was kidnapped on October 10, 2018, at North Bank, Makurdi, in Benue state.

The investigation led to the arrest of suspects Joy Onyeabor, 32, and Lucy Doosur, 29. Both reportedly confessed that the child was with his older brother, who is about 7 years old, when they lured the older child with the sum of N50, asking him to help them buy bread across the road, leaving the younger child in their care.

As the older brother went on the errand, they escaped with the younger child and…