Two Reverend Sisters of the Roman Catholic Church have been remanded by the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court of Anambra State over alleged illegal adoption of babies. The accused, Angela Onyenachi Ibe (42) and Mother-General, Chiemelie Jacinta Yvonne (41) were arraigned on a four-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, punishable under […]
Fifty-one victims of human trafficking have been rescued by officers of the Kano State Hisbah Board. The victims who comprised 49 females and two males between 18 to 50 were subsequently handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further action. NAPTIP Zonal Commander Abdullahi Babale, who […]
The Police Command in Ebonyi has arrested a woman who specialises in abducting and selling children and rescued no fewer than six of the children. The woman, Ngozi Blessing Abia, also known as Mercy Francis, has carried out her nefarious activities in Lagos, Ebonyi, Anambra and Edo. Investigation into her activities began in January […]
The Lagos Police Command has confirmed that it has rescued an eight-month-old baby sold for N800,000 in the Ikorodu area of the state. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the baby’s rescue via a post on his X handle on Monday morning. “Due to intense manhunt and pressure from […]
A 45-year-old child trafficker, Alimot Haruna, has confessed to selling off over 42 children into child labour in the last five years to the police at Lagos State Command. Sunday Telegraph learnt that the suspect whose operational base is in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, had been on the police wanted list over a similar […]
A Chief Magistrate Court of the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State has sentenced one Faith Obi and Chinenye Obete to multiple jail terms. Obi (32) and Obete (41) were arraigned on a five-count charge of child stealing, abduction of children and illegal dealing in children; fraudulently enticing away […]
The Kano State Police Command has arrested nine suspects who specialised in interstate trafficking, abduction, buying and selling of minors. The state Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the Bompai command’s headquarters on Thursday. He explained that the suspects were apprehended after conducting several intelligence-led operations through which […]
A suspected kidnapper and child trafficker, Tayo Adeleke, had confessed to the Ogun State Police Command how he and other members of his gang had been kidnapping children to sell in neighbouring Benin Republic. PUNCH Online reports that Adeleke is currently in the police net, where he is being interrogated over an attempt he […]
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple suspected of trafficking a one-month-old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Onitsha. Ikenga said that the interception was made at Bridgehead […]
A woman known to have sold over 120 children has been arrested by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), according to the Director-General, Prof Fatima Waziri-Azi. She made the disclosure on Thursday when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Special Duties in Abuja. Incidentally, NAPTIP has never had […]
