Nasarawa police arrests suspected human trafficker

The Nasarawa Police Command has arrested a woman who allegedly stole a three year old toddler in the state with plans to sell him in Enugu.

This was disclosed by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Adesina Soyemi, when the woman was paraded with 18 other suspects in Lafia on Wednesday.

Soyemi said that the woman was arrested in Garaku, Kokona Local Government Area of the state after the police acted on intelligence received.

He said that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspected human trafficker and her accomplices had stolen the child with the intention of selling him to a prophetess in Enugu state.

According to the CP, the traffickers had taken the child to Enugu, but could not sell him, so they brought him back.

“So, the suspect ran out of luck and was arrested, but other accomplices are still on the run’’, Soyemi said.

He said that the police command was working hard to ensure the fleeing accomplices of the suspected trafficker are apprehended.

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The CP said that the 18 others paraded by the police were arrested in different locations of the state for various offences including alleged rape, cultism and peddling marijuana.

He said that all the cases had been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation, adding that when investigations are concluded, the suspects would be prosecuted.