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In May 2025, Okoro—the founder of the Faith, Hope, and Charity Orphanage in Ogborhill, Aba, Abia State—was taken into custody on suspicion of trafficking children.

Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Blessing Chinyere Okoro’s family has once again expressed concern about her deteriorating health while she was being held at the Abia State Correctional Center.

In May 2025, Okoro—the founder of the Faith, Hope, and Charity Orphanage in Ogborhill, Abia State—was taken into custody on suspicion of trafficking children.

Since SaharaReporters initially reported on the allegations on May 29, 2025, her family has insisted that they are untrue and connected to a lease dispute.

On July 19, Okoro, who has been in custody for more than a month, is expected to appear in court.

They said that the police confiscated Okoro’s documents, published false information labeling her a child trafficker, and tried to extort money from them.

The family also claimed that she had fibroid surgery prior to her incarceration and was not given access to medical care.

Her son, who asked to remain anonymous, told SaharaReporters on Friday that her health was at a critical point and that it was getting worse.

He lamented the fact that she was transferred from police custody to prison in spite of her worsening health.

“The situation now is that my mum was sent to prison. My mother is currently at a teaching hospital,” he said.

He claimed that despite her severe illness, the police purposefully filed legal petitions to keep her incarcerated.

He added, “She’s gravely ill. The police filed an ex parte motion to have her remanded in prison.”

He maintains that inside injuries from the beatings she allegedly received while in police custody have been revealed by medical testing.

“According to a prison source, the scan and X-ray results showed that she has fluid in her stomach caused by the beatings she received at the police station. She’ll need another surgery. I haven’t seen the scan results myself, but my mum confirmed it to me,” he said.

Okoro was previously charged by the Abia State Police Command with both operating an unlicensed orphanage and trafficking children.

When Okoro and her husband were arrested, 12 children were saved, according to police spokesman Maureen Chinaka.

“On the 19/05/2025 at about 11:45 hrs, detectives from Abia State Police Command, leveraging credible intelligence, apprehended one Blessing Emebo ‘f’ 49yrs and Sunday Emebo, ‘m’ 42yrs for operating an unregistered motherless babies’ home in their apartment at Ikot Ekpene Road, Aba,” the statement read.

“The suspects were found in possession of twelve (12) children, aged between six months and fourteen years, from different villages in Arochukwu. The rescued children have been safely handed over to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs for custody.”

“Meanwhile, investigations are ongoing. The suspects are currently being interrogated at the State CID, Umuahia, and will soon be arraigned in court at the conclusion of an investigation,” the police added.

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