Senate asks police to recover ‘36 children trafficked out of FCT’

The senate has asked the police to rescue 36 children believed to be stolen and trafficked out of the federal capital territory (FCT).

The upper legislative chamber also asked the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to put mechanisms in place to check trafficking of children across the country.

The resolutions of the red chamber were sequel to a motion sponsored by Ireti Kingibe, senator representing the FCT, on Thursday.

While moving her motion, Kingibe said four children out of 40 were recovered from one Success Nwako.

“On February 18, 2024, a complaint alleging illicit activities bordering on stealing, abduction and trafficking of children perpetrated by one Madam Success Nwako of the Gwagwalada, Kwali, and Kuje area councils, was addressed to me in a letter forwarded by the missing children parents association (MCPA), an NGO based in Gwagwalada area council,” she said.

“It was alleged that the ugly menace started in the wake of 2018 and continued unabated to date in spite of relentless efforts to stem the tide of this ugly scenario.

“On the 4th of January, 2024, Madam Success was apprehended by the police with the help of a vigilante group along the Gwagwalada expressway with two abducted children.

“Upon investigation by the police, it was unravelled that the abduction and stealing of children were carried out by a syndicate and this led to the arrest of three accomplices, while others are at large.”

The motion was adopted by the senate after it was put to a vote by Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president.