62-year-old Angela Nwaelechi has been arrested by the Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for allegedly tricking a 16-year-old mother out of her four-day-old baby girl for trafficking purposes. The Nation reports that Nwaelechi was caught
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40-year-old Magnus Nsikak from Akwa Ibom State, has shown himself to be an unworthy and irresponsible parent. Nsika was alleged to have conspired with his 28-year-old wife, Ruth, to sell their three sons, 3-day-old Samuel, 5-year-old Ubong and 10-year-old Ekpo
A 23-year-old father who had the nerve to sell off his own baby boy in an Abia State community, has opened up about the truly criminal act. Kingsley Eze, confessed that he sold his five months old baby boy for
They say you cannot put a price tag on a child’s life. This saying holds true but not for the unscrupulous sellers and buyers of human lives in what is known as human trafficking. The Imo State Police Command has
A young Nigerian woman identified as Chinaza Onwuasoanya has confessed to security operatives of the Anambra State Police Command that she indeed kidnapped and sold 20 children. Chinaza, 22, was impregnated by her boyfriend in Lagos and returned to Anambra State in
The Benue state police has arrested a woman who allegedly kidnapped two children in Makurdi, Benue state, with the aim of trafficking them to Onitsha. According to a Facebook user, James Ornguga, who posted the photos online, the little boy and
Odinaka Ali, a 25-year-old mother from Ezilo, in Ishielu Local Goverment of Area of Ebonyi state has been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to sell her three children. According to Florence Onwa, an officer of the National Agency
According to Punch, a couple Mujidat Wahab and Ayobami Wahab, who relocated from Ibadan to Ondo state have been arrested for alleged child trafficking after one of the abducted boys escaped. The Divisional Police Officer in charge of the case, Mr.
An unidentified woman in Lagos who claimed to be destitute reportedly fled after she was interrogated about the three young infants she had been using to beg for alms. According to Mirror UK, onlookers grew suspicious when they realized the
The police have arrested a popular radio preacher and founder of Gospel Fire Army Ministry in Anambra State, Chinedu Strongson, over child abduction and trafficking in persons after he was allegedly caught with 12 stolen children. Nigerian Tribune reports the
A pregnant 32-year-old mum of 5 five, Chidinma Favour Okorie, has been arrested for stealing two three-year-old boys in Anambra State. Okorie, a native of Amasiri, Afikpo, Ebonyi State, is alleged to have committed the evil act in Idoma village, Umuoji
A Lagos based Alhaja identified as Fatima Williams and her neighbor, Waliu Yusuf have been arrested by the police for allegedly torturing a 16-year-old girl, identified as Kemi Leona, with a hot iron and electric cables, leaving her with deep cuts and scars.
An 18-seater bus conveying suspected victims of human trafficking including underage children was intercepted by the Ebonyi State Command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). Vanguard gathers that the intercepted vehicle with registration number Lagos LDD-468XH with the insignia of ‘Ondo State Sunshine
Two sisters Gift Etim Ikono and Esther Ikono who sold their babies after giving birth have been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command alongside one woman called Florence Victor Ekpo, for child trafficking. The Nation gathers that the
A man, identified as Godwin Eze, and his wife have been apprehended by the police for child trafficking in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. According to Punch, the State Commissioner for Health, Inyang Asibong, handed over the couple to
Mavin star, Tiwa Savage, recently visited the House Group, in Johannesburg, South Africa, a shelter for young girls rescued from child trafficking. She also met with South Africa’s Honorable Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, who had a quick briefing with the
A woman named Amaka Ogua is wanted by the Lagos State police for selling the unborn child of her younger sister, 31-year-old Nkechi, for N100,000 in the Mile 2 area of the state, Punch reports. Punch reporters learnt that the suspect had already
A 60-year-old woman, Asabi Adebayo, who allegedly bought 5 babies for N5 million in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State and brought them to Ibadan in preparation to fly them abroad for sale has been nabbed by the police in Oyo. The Nation
A statement issued by the Ebonyi State Police Command yesterday, February, 28 said that it intercepted a man accompanying 13 underage children. Read the statement below: “On 26/01/2016 at about 1600hrs, acting on a tip-off, one Emmanuel Okuegu and Andrew
The Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) at the Delta State police command have arrested suspected child traffickers who say they engage in the business to assist pregnant girls including married couples who don’t have children. Responding to questions from Punch,
A young woman identified as Nkechi Isioko has been arrested by The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), in Enugu State for allegedly attempting to sell her baby for N100, 000. The mum, who was nabbed alongside the suspected buyer, Mrs. Blessing Egbo, claimed
Imo State police have arrested a woman, Chioma Anoruo, who has confessed to selling more 19 children to ritualists. During her confession, she revealed that she and her husband, now at large, have been in the ‘business’ for years, adding that
The Punch reports; The Nigerian Immigration Service, Oyo State Command, on Saturday paraded a pastor, Olufemi Timothy, and four others accused of child trafficking in Ibadan. The command also paraded 12 boys and four girls allegedly being used by the
