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Six children and an expectant teenage mother have been rescued from child traffickers caught at Eziachi in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.
The suspects were arrested by officials of National Agency for The Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and personnel the 34 Artillery Brigade Obinze Imo State at the weekend.
The information officer of the ministry, Nneka Nwogu, told The Nation that the children were rescued from a human trafficking network that abducted and sold children to an auxiliary nurse in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mrs. Favour Amaegbulam.
She said the principal suspect, one Joy Duru, was apprehended with four children while a fifth child was rescued from a woman posing as the child’s mother.
“One of the sold children has been recovered and handed over to her biological parents and efforts are being made to recover another child which the suspect confessed to have sold to a family in Port Harcourt.”
Also rescued was an expectant teenager and an infant found in the orphanage belonging to the syndicate that buys the children.
The children have been handed over to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Vulnerable Groups, she said.
She said Imo State Commander of NAPTIP, Mr. Ernest Ogbu, has handed over the six children and the expectant mum to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Vulnerable Groups, Lady Nkechinyere Ugwu.
