Tag Archives: child trafficking

16
Feb

Police rescue two children kidn@pped by a woman who posed as a Corps member in Ebonyi state.

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The children, both pupils at Divine Grace Academy, were abducted on January 22, 2024, at Nwezenyi junction in Ndiokpoto village, Igbeagu community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, by a woman who pretended to be a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). One of the kidn@pped victims, Ngozi Nwibo, aged seven years was rescued at Oba …
31
Jan

Anambra: Mother and her Daughter caught selling her two children due to economic hardship.

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Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, told newsmen on Wednesday in Awka that the woman’s eldest daughter, a 17-year-old, was also arrested for being part of the scheme. Obinabo said the accused and her eldest daughter were arrested when she (the commissioner) posed as a potential buyer of the boys after she got the hint of the transaction. …
10
Jul

COURT REMANDS ANAMBRA BROTHEL OWNER FOR USING UNDER AGED GIRLS FOR PROSTITUTION

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The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Awka, has remanded a brothel owner, Mrs. Ekpereamaka Okonkwo, 39, alias Ukwu Venza, and her husband, Okechukwu Okonkwo, 36, for allegedly using und3rage girls for pr0stitution purposes in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The woman …