6 'Trafficked' Children From Kwara To Lagos Rescued By Police
ACCORDING to the Lagos police command, six Kwara-trafficked minors have been saved in the state.
Kwara state is home to members of a human trafficking organization, according to Benjamin Hundeyin, a police spokesperson in Lagos.
“A source, whose name I will not mention, but who has been assisting the Ijora Badia Police division in Lagos helped in rescuing the additional six children illegally trafficked to Lagos state,” Hundeyin was quoted as saying by NAN.
“The children rescued (names withheld) were between ages 8 years and 14 years.”
“All together, 18 trafficked underage children from Kwara have been rescued in Lagos, and handed over to the anti-trafficking unit of Kwara command,” he said.
He mentioned that the organization is well-known for trafficking children from the north to Lagos.
“On Jan. 25, a 45-year-old leader of the syndicate, Alimot Haruna of Molete village, Ilorin, (now in Kwara police command custody), was arrested by detectives from the ljora Badia police division in Lagos,” he added.
“The division had been monitoring her movements.
“In the process, three underage children two females and one male whose names could not be ascertained between ages 7 years and 12 years of no fixed address, were rescued from her.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had illegally brought 42 children to Lagos state for child labour without the consent of their parents.
“It was also revealed that the suspect had been declared wanted by the Kwara state police command in connection with the disappearance of many underage children, which had been linked to her syndicate.”
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