The Nigerian Army in Enugu has arrested a suspected woman child-trafficker and rescued nine children in the process. The army gave the name of the 40-year-old child-trafficker as Mrs. Rebecca Nwachi. Yusuf said: “At about 6:00 a.m. on January 2, 2020, troops of Sector 5 of Exercise Atilogwu Udo 1 deployed at Orba check-point in Udenu Local Council of Enugu State (within Nsukka general area) intercepted the above-named woman with nine children. “The trafficker was intercepted in a luxurious bus with registration number ANAMBRA NEN 429 ZD belonging to FG Onyenwe Company.“The woman claimed she was taking the children from an Orphanage Home in Jos, Plateau State, to another orphanage in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. “This was corroborated by other contacts that were thankful to Sector 5 army troops for intercepting the illegal trafficking.”He added that the children, who were crying for food and claimed they had not eaten since they were trapped, were fed by his men.He said that the suspected trafficker and the children had been handed over to Enugu State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2020 04:30 UTC