NSCDC rescues 15 minors sold for N2m each in Nasarawa

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued 15 minors allegedly trafficked and sold for N2m each by a suspected member of a human trafficking syndicate in Nasarawa State. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer disclosed this at a news briefing at the corps’ headquarters in Abuja. The suspect allegedly posed as an official of the National Council of Child Rights Advocate and deceived the parents of the children into handing them over to him under the guise of operating an NGO and orphanage programme called the Back to School Project.

The Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad carried out the rescue operation, tracking down the buyers from different locations in the country. Three of the victims were rescued in Anambra, Imo, and Enugu states, while the remaining 12 were rescued in a coordinated operation across eastern transit routes.

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