August 27, 2026
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has accused three workers in Ogoja, Cross River, of attempting to traffic their employer’s two-year-old child for sale.
Mr Oba Joseph, Head of Operations, NAPTIP Cross River Command, told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview on Thursday in Calabar.
Joseph said the agency received a call on Monday about the incident, which occurred in Ogberia Ochoro community, in which three suspects allegedly took a two-year-old child while attempting to move him to another location for sale.
According to him, the suspects claimed they had worked for their employer for about three months without receiving their wages.
