The police have rescued nine children suspected to be victims of child trafficking and arrested two suspects in separate operations in Niger State.
The state command’s spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, a superintendent of police, said the arrests were made by operatives of the Madalla and Kpakungu police divisions.
Mr Abiodun said officers on patrol along the Madalla–Suleja road intercepted a vehicle conveying six girls aged between seven and 13 years.
The driver, identified as Dauda Ayuba of Senchi village in Paikoro Local Government Area, was arrested on suspicion of child trafficking.
Mr Abiodun said preliminary investigations showed that the suspect travelled from Benin City, Edo State, to Niger at the request of a woman identified as Iyee and two other accomplices currently at large to pick up the children.
