Delta State police command arrests child traffickers, rescue two year old victim

The police inDelta State, south-south Nigeria have arrested two suspected child traffickers in the state.

The police spokesperson, Bright Edafe, in a statement said the police also rescued a two-year-old male child whom the suspects hid apparently with the intent to traffic him.

Edafe gave the names of the suspects as Ahmed Baba, a 57-year-old man and Halima Abubakar, a 25-year-old woman.

Edafe said the police in the state received information, on Thursday, from a resident of Jaret in Asaba, that her two-year-old male child, Ridwan Ibrahim, went missing on Wednesday while playing with other children in the compound of her sister whom she visited.

“Based on this information, the Commissioner of Police Delta State, Wale Abass, detailed operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau to embark on an intelligence-led investigation. The team swung into action, analysing the phone conversations of some suspected persons,” he said.

The police spokesperson said the suspects were, consequently, arrested while the child was rescued from where they hid him at Issele-Asagba, a community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.

“Investigation is ongoing,” Edafe said.