The police are on the trail of two couples who allegedly bought two sisters for N1 million.

WuzupNaija gathered that the sisters – Christabel and Amanda, aged four and six respectively – were stolen from Utese village in Ovia North East local government area, Edo State in 2018.

They were reportedly sold to different couples for N500,000 each.

Now, operatives of the Edo State Police Command have begun a massive manhunt for the human-buying couples.

WuzupNaija further gathered that the siblings were abducted by two girls, simply identified as 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.

According to The Nation, Police sources said Mary has since been arrested but the whereabouts of Rose is unknown.

It was learnt that the sisters were first sold to a woman identified as Joy in Agbor.

Joy was arrested in Onitsha and she confessed to having 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 Portharcourt.

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.