Children between the ages of three and eight were on Thursday rescued from kidnappers involved in inter-state trafficking and abduction of minors in Kano State.
The state police commissioner, Usaini Gumel, made the disclosure while parading the suspects at the Bompai command’s headquarters on Thursday.
“It was found during investigations that a victim Mohammed Ilya who was abducted from Bauchi but his name changed to Chidiebere was sold recently at Nnewi in Anambra State,” Gumel said.
According to Gumel, a total of seven victims, who are mostly minors, were rescued from the clutches of the harrowing criminal activities.
The commissioner disclosed that some of the rescued children aged between three and eight that were rescued were sold at prices between N300,000 and N600,000 depending on their ages.
Nine persons involved in inter-state trafficking and abduction of children have been arrested for buying and selling of minors by the Kano State Police Command
He explained that the suspects were apprehended after conducting several intelligence-led operations through which the long time cycle of inter-state trafficking syndicates hibernating around Kano, Bauchi, Gombe, Lagos, Delta, Anambra and Imo states was identified and dismantled.
He said the command would collaborate with the state government to ensure that all the abducted children were safely returned and reunited with their original family members.
The commissioner assured members of the public that the command under his watch had put in place reinforced security measures to end the menace once and for all.
