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From Scholastica Onyeka, Makurdi
The Benue State Police Command has nabbed a suspected human trafficker in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
Daily Sun gathered that the suspect, identified simply as Doosuur, was apprehended in the North Bank area of Makurdi, on Tuesday.
A source, who didn’t want to be named, said the suspected child trafficker was caught by youths in the North Bank area, who handed her over to the men of the Nigeria Police, the Operation Zenda unit, for further investigation. The source said the suspect had been into the business since 2018.
“She is reported to have been on the run all these years, but luck ran out of her yesterday when she was apprehended at North Bank by the youths. She confessed to having been in the business of children trafficking since 2018 and have, so far, taken four children to Lagos and sold them to a Lagos based trafficker for N700,000 each, the source said.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident and said the suspect was with the police.
Meanwhile, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has confirmed the incident and described the suspect as a serial offender.
The NAPTIP Commander, Makurdi Zonal Command, Gloria Bai, said the suspect, whom she identified as Grace, has been in the business of kidnapping and selling children with her cohorts, adding that the command is currently prosecuting her case in court.
“This is not her first time like she claimed. We still have a case with her in court on a similar case. I came to Benue in the year 2020, and I arrested that woman myself. We have been with her in court since 2021, and the court has not ruled yet.”
She urged the Benue public to always report such cases to NAPTIP for appropriate and prompt action.
