Police Rescue Additional 6 Children From Suspected Kwara Trafficker In Lagos
…42 children brought to Lagos without parent's consent
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of additional six children from a suspected human trafficking syndicate operating in Kwara State. The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement yesterday said, on Tuesday, at about 12 p.m., “one Alima Akintola, 40, who has been assisting the Ijora Badia Police Division to rescue the remaining children illegally trafficked to Lagos State, brought the children to the police as promised.”
He said that children rescued (names withheld), were between the ages of 8 and 14. Hundeyin said that the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Ayoola Olawale, immediately contacted CSP Alice Leramo, the Officer in Charge of Anti- Human Trafficking Unit of Kwara Police Command. Hundeyin said that the Kwara Police Command had taken over the case of 12 children previously rescued from the suspect on Jan. 29, 2024. “She promised to dispatch the investigating team that came earlier to the Lagos Police Command to take over the children so as to enable Kwara command complete their investigation and reunite them with their parents.
“All together, 18 trafficked underage children from Kwara have been rescued in Lagos and handed over to the anti-trafficking unit of Kwara Command,” he said. It was reported that a suspected kingpin of child trafficking and labour syndicate, Akintola was arrested on Jan. 28 after three months of intelligence gathering by the police command.
Hundeyin had earlier told journalists that the syndicate usually bring underage children from the northern part of Nigeria to Lagos State for child labour and other illegal activities without the children parent's approval. He said on January 25, a 45-yearold leader of the syndicate, Akintola of Molete Village, Ilorin, now in Kwara Police Command custody, “was arrested by detectives from the Ijora Badia Police Division in Lagos, who had monitored her movements.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Monsurat Omotosho Shehu Adaramaja Suleiman Mora Omar Hauwa Nuru Razaq Atunwa Vishvas KOZ Tractors COEASU Monthly Sanitation Olatunde Oyeyiola Sobi Specialist Hospital NIPR Ilorin East Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu Kabir Shagaya Nagode Mope Dasuki Belgore Oko Erin Ilorin Muslim Community Salau Kabiru Abdullahi Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan Kemi Adeosun Chief Imam Of Offa Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency SWAN Galadima Amos Justus Sayo Rafiu Ibrahim Mubarak Oladosu Theophilus Oyebiyi Kolo Kuliyan Geri Ahmed Kayode Ogunlowo Muftau Akanbi Oke Ibrahim Abikan Bayo Ajia Sulu Babaita Isiaka Ahmed Dankaya Offa Babaloja-General Olatinwo Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Kwara State Football Association Funmilayo Zubair Economic And Financial Crimes Commission Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Adamu Ibrahim Sabi Abdullahi Biffo Yusuf A. Usman Summit University Magaji Erubu Abdulraufu Mustapha Saliu Tunde Bello Kishira Olabimpe Olani KWASIEC Shururat Olatinwo Adedipe Roseline Oni Aremu Sarkin Malamai Chemiroy Nigeria Limited IHS Salman Jawondo Usman Alkali Baba Ambassador Kayode Laro Ojuekun Sarumi Muhammadu Buhari Bisi Kristien Yahaya Jibril Usman Saka Asiat Ayinke Abubakar Abdulraheem Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency Idris Amosa Saidu Abdulrazaq Sanni Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani QuickWin Ethical College

