A 42-year-old woman, Victoria Enwerem (Anosike), has been sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for stealing children by a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State.
Enwerem was arraigned in the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court on three counts of conspiracy to steal children, fraudulently enticing and habouring children, and forcefully isolating children from the lawful possession of their parents.
The five stolen children were between the ages of three and 10.
While delivering judgement in the matter, the presiding Chief Magistrate, Genevieve Osakwe, found the defendant guilty of all three counts.
In sentencing the defendant, Osakwe slammed Enwerem with four-year imprisonment on count one, eight years on count two, and six months on count three.
