The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons,NAPTIP, has reunited five children rescued from a child trafficker with their parents.
The children who are between the age bracket said to be between the age bracket of five to seven,were abducted by 2 year-old Musa Abdulrahman and sold to unsuspecting women in different parts of the country in the guise of adoption.
Imaam Sulaiman, the agency’s Drector-General,who released the children to their parents at the organization’s headquarters,in Abuja implored parents to ensure adequate protection of their children to avoid incidences of kidnapping, abduction, trafficking and other crimes against children
She warned the parents on the need to watch their children closely and not to expose them to risk of being easily accessible to traffickers and other criminal minds,” the statement said.
Imaan Sulaiman Ibrahim further stated that luck ran out on him when through a sting operation by the operatives of the agency he was caught red handed while helping some ‘clients’ fill their adoption application forms and other papers.
He confessed to have kidnapped and sold six children under the guise of adoption.
He further confessed that he started the kidnapping business in 2016 and that all his victims were from Niger State. “He also confessed to have forged some adoption documents which he issued to the people he sold the kidnapped children to. He further confessed that he collected the sum of 100,000 for each of the children.
“All the six children have been rescued by the Agency while parents of five have been traced. “Operatives are still making efforts to locate the parents of the last child. The suspect has also been arraigned in Court in accordance with the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (TIPPEA), 2015. “While promising diligent prosecution of the suspects, the NAPTIP Boss called on the general public to continue to assist the Agency with useful information that will lead to the arrest of child traffickers in the country. “.
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