Men of the Edo State Police Command have launched manhunt for the couples who bought two sisters stolen from Utese village in Ovia North East local government area.
The police have deployed its men to Enugu State and Portharcourt in search of the couples.
Both sisters aged four and six and identified as Christabel and Amanda were reportedly sold to the different couples for N500,000 each.
They were stolen by two girls, Rose and Mary, who rented an apartment in their resident at Utese village.
Their mother left them in the care of the two girls while she went to the stream to get water.
Police sources said Mary has since been arrested but the whereabout of Rose is unknown.
Heraldnigeria.com gathered that the sisters were first sold to a woman identified as Joy in Agbor.
Joy was arrested in Onitsha and she confessed to have sold the children to one Ruth Eze, a 58-year old woman based in Onitsha.
The police source said Ruth sold one of the children to somebody living at Ogwashi-Uku while the other was sold to a couple at a Catholic Church in Enugu State through one Mrs. Favour Uju.
A police team that visited Ogwashi-Uku discovered that the women that bought one of the sisters has died but had already sold the girl to a couple in Port Harcourt.
It was also learnt that police investigators have taken the suspects to some Catholic churches in Enugu but the suspects could not identify who they sold the girl to.
Parents of the stolen siblings have parted ways since the incident happened last year.
A family source said they were confused as to how the police would recover the sisters.
Father of the children, Spark Omokpia, said he would do anything to ensure his children returned to him.
