Three suspected human trafficking syndicates have been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the sale of a two-year-old girl for N100,000.
The syndicates were arrested after the child had been trafficked from Abuja to Aba at the price of N100,000.
In a statement issued by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking Persons (NAPTIP), the child was trafficked in February 2025 and was rescued by the agency’s command in Abia State on May 8.
“A 2-year-old girl, renamed Chiamaka Favor (alias), who was trafficked from Abuja to Aba in February 2025, has been rescued by NAPTIP Abia Command on May 8, 2025.”
“The suspected trafficker, arrested by DSS Abia and handed over to NAPTIP, is alleged to have worked with three trafficking syndicates from Abuja and sold the child to a buyer for N100,000. Investigations are ongoing.”
NAPTIP further called on the biological parents of the child or her family members to urgently contact the agency.