Police arrests woman with 15 trafficked children

According to investigations, some people have stolen years ago, including a nine-year-old boy who was snatched from a market in 2020, according to the state's commissioner of police, Friday Eboka.

Police arrests woman with 15 trafficked children

In the southern state of Rivers, police in Nigeria have detained a 44-year-old woman on suspicion of kidnapping 15 children.

The woman, who pretended to be a nun running an orphanage, is accused by the authorities of kidnapping the kids in order to sell them.

According to reports, the kids range in age from four to fifteen.

Reuniting the kids with their parents, according to the police, is a priority.

According to investigations, some people have stolen years ago, including a nine-year-old boy who was snatched from a market in 2020, according to the state's commissioner of police, Friday Eboka.

He claimed that some of the kids had told the police about being abused and tortured.

He stated that more investigation into the incident was ongoing to apprehend other people connected to the atrocities.

In Nigeria, human trafficking is widespread.