Police in Ogun State have arrested three suspected human traffickers and rescued 26 children whose ages range between eight and 10 years. The state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, yesterday paraded the suspects and the victims at the police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta. Ali gave the names of the suspected human traffickers, who are females, as Zainab Ahmad (18), Aisha Abdullahi (55) and Zuliat Abdulmalik (45).They were apprehended at a motor park at Ibafo in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area while allegedly taking the underage children to Lagos State.
The commissioner said the suspects were planning to take the children to Lagos for menial jobs. He said: “Based on our usual stakeholders’ meeting and proactive measures put in place by Nigeria Police, our attention was called yesterday (Sunday) that some groups of underage were seen at a motor park at Ibafo area. “The security agents were called immediately.
“We are alert now because of the threat of insurgence coming into our area and we have to be very proactive. If you see the children, they look quite innocent and they may be used as suicide bombers and that is why we had to round them up and investigate them.”
