Hits: 36 The defendants in the case of alleged child stealing face three counts before Port-Harcourt High Court presided by Honourable Justice S. H. Aprioku. The defendants in the case of alleged child stealing face three counts before Port-Harcourt High Court presided by Honourable Justice S. H. Aprioku. In the case prosecuted by the State, the four defendants face three counts of kidnapping, armed robbery and child stealing. They are Promise Thompson, Queen Lucky, Lucky Wokoma and Beatrice Ogunka. The crime of kidnapping is contrary to Section 1(2)(b) of the Rivers State Kidnap (Prohibition) Amendment Law, No. 5 of 2018 and was allegedly committed by the first defendant Promise Thompson when he allegedly armed himself with a gun and other dangerous weapons and kidnapped with the help of others now at large a six-year-old boy on Trans Kalabari Road, Iwofe on October 25, 2018 and demanded ransom.