- The incident took place on January 25 around 5:45 pm
A 45-year-old woman, Alimot Haruna, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly smuggling 42 northern children into Lagos without parental consent.
She is accused of intending to force them into child labour and trafficking.
The incident took place on January 25 around 5:45 pm. Detectives rescued three underage children, two females, and one male, while monitoring her movements.
The Kwara State Police Command had declared her wanted due to connections with missing underage children, and the anti-human trafficking unit confirmed the recovery of some children, with 11 still missing.
“The suspect has been declared wanted by the Kwara State Command in connection to many underage children that have disappeared which has been linked to her syndicate. The anti-human trafficking unit of the Kwara State Police Command was contacted and confirmed that they had recovered some of the remaining 11 children.”
The source further stated that the suspect had admitted and provided the addresses where the children were kept as well as the names of the parents.
“She mentioned places she kept the other children whose current custodians were contacted and they admitted.
When contacted on Sunday, the state Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hudeyin, said efforts were being made to save the eight remaining children noting that updates on their progress would be communicated.
“Efforts are on to rescue the remaining eight children. Further developments shall be communicated.”
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