National
Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has reunited two
children kidnapped in Lafia with their parents after being abducted and sold
for adoption in a South-East state and given Igbo names.
Sheriff
Umar and Abdullahi Adamu, three-year-olds, lived with their parents in Lafia
when a neighbour kidnapped them in May, said the anti-trafficking agency.
Speaking at
the handover ceremony of the children, NAPTIP Director-General, Fatimah
Waziri-Azi, noted that the two children were among 47 children reported to have
been kidnapped in Nasarawa.
“We got
information from the Civil Defence, and we swing into action, and officials
from our department of operations and investigations were able to track some
suspects and arrest them,” stated Ms Waziri-Azi. “The arrest of the suspects
led to the rescue of Sheriff and Abdullahi. They are young kids, Sheriff and
Abdullahi are their birth names, but when they were trafficked across state
lines, they were given Igbo names.”
According
to her, NAPTIP had received information that 47 kids were adopted from Lafia
and sold to different people in Anambra.
She added,
“One was given Chigomezu Njoku, and the other was given Chibueze Daniel. This
came to fruition through the supports of our sister law enforcement agencies,
the police, DSS, NSCDC.”
The NAPTIP
boss also disclosed that the suspects would be charged to court.
Ms
Waziri-Azi also noted that the evidence on the ground would lead the agency to
the cartels.
According to her, “we hope that the way we can track these two kids, we will be able to track more, the agency is working, we are working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies to make sure we succeed.’’
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