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NAPTIP busts child trafficking syndicate in Abuja
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By Joseph Erunke, Abuja
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, said its operatives arrested a member of a notorious child trafficking syndicate said to specialize in trafficking children for begging within the Federal Capital Territory.
The agency in a statement, Monday, named the arrested member of the notorious syndicate as 30-year old Mrs. Blessing Nnena Eze.
” A total of 4 stolen children believed to be from different parents were also recovered from the suspect and many other children still believed to be at large,” the statement released by the agency’s Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, Stella Nezan, said.
NAPTIP busts child-trafficking syndicate, rescues 4 children in Abuja
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Monday said it has busted a notorious child trafficking syndicate in the Federal Capital Territory and arrested a suspect.
The agency said this in a statement issued by the head of its Press and Public Relations Unit, Mrs Stella Nezan, on Monday.
Nezan also explained that the operatives of the agency were able to rescue four children from one Mrs Blessing-Nnena Eze, suspected to have stolen the children.
NAPTIP said the development represented a major feat in the agency’s determination to curtail the incidence of child trafficking, especially within the nation’s capital.
Four stolen children have been rescued in Abuja as operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons raided a notorious child trafficking ring known for trafficking children for begging within the Federal Capital Territory.
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