Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 10 suspected human traffickers, including eight females and two males for stealing six children from different locations in the country for transactional purposes.
Umar Nadada, the State Commissioner of Police disclosed this in Lafia while parading 57 suspects arrested for committing various crimes in the state.
He said 45 children had been stolen and sold by the 10-member syndicate to clients who paid huge sums of money to sell minors, including boys and girls, to them.
“Recently, police operatives attached to the Keffi division on routine patrol sighted an ongoing mob action and went in to rescue the victim.
“Upon inquiry, it was discovered that the victim, Ismaila Adamu ‘M’ abducted a five-year-old boy at Tsohon Kasuwa, Keffi; he was immediately arrested and taken to a Hospital for treatment while the child was rescued.
“The suspect confessed to being a member of a syndicate that specialized in child theft and selling of same to the highest bidder. Furthermore, the investigation was expanded by the command’s anti-kidnapping unit, and that led to the arrest of the following suspects namely: Hassana Jacob, ‘F’ 30 years; Elishua Idoko, ‘F’ 43 years; Gloria Ene, ‘F’ 38 years; Abdulkarim Abubakar, ‘M’ 52 years; Ramatu Ibrahim, ‘F’ 41 years; Victoria Cosmos, ‘F’ 52 years; Eforma Sunday, ‘F’41 years; Dorcas Ologbo, ‘F’ 50 years, and Sherifat Amuda, ‘F’ 45 years.
“Analysis conducted on the phones of the suspects revealed that 45 children stolen have been sold and illegally adopted by unsuspecting members of the public across the country,” Nadada said.
