The Kano State Police Command has arrested nine suspects who specialized in interstate trafficking, abduction, buying and selling of minors.
Kano State Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, disclosed this while presenting the suspects at the Bompai command’s headquarters on Thursday [today].
He explained that the arrests followed several intelligence-led operations, dismantling long-standing interstate trafficking syndicates operating across Kano, Bauchi, Gombe, Lagos, Delta, Anambra, and Imo states.
Gumel stated that seven victims, mostly minors, were rescued from the suspects; emphasizing that the success of diligent investigations by the police team, led to the identification and dismantling of criminal networks existing for over a decade.
The commissioner revealed that the rescued children, aged between three and eight, were sold for amounts ranging from N300,000 to N600,000, depending on their ages.
Investigations unveiled instances such as the case of Mohammed Ilya, abducted from Bauchi but sold with a changed name (Chidebere) in Nnewi, Anambra State.
The Police Commissioner pledged collaboration with the state government to ensure the safe return and reunion of all abducted children with their original families.
He assured the public that the command, under his watch, has implemented security measures to eradicate this menace once and for all.
