9 kids out of the 19 rescued from abductors in Kebbi state have been re-united with their mother and father.
The kids had been deceptively taken away from their mother and father by human traffickers in Zuru Emirate on the pretext of education in Gusau, however offered into slavery in Calabar, Cross River state.
The Head of NAPTIP in Kebbi state, Misbahu Iya Kaura, offered the 9 kids to Governor Nasir Idris on the Authorities Home, Birnin Kebbi, on Friday, and so they had been subsequently reunited with their mother and father who had been on the Council Chamber.
He knowledgeable the governor that the Company just lately rescued all of the 19 kids from Calabar and different locations within the Niger Delta, in addition to apprehended these concerned of their abduction.
He mentioned, “Your Excellency, the case is in courtroom, the 9 kids earlier than you’re those that testified in courtroom, NAPTIP is right here to hunt your permission to reunite the kids with their mother and father.
“Each the District Head of the world the place they hailed from and their mother and father are current; we solicit your permission handy them over to their mother and father.
“Sir, NAPTIP investigation confirmed that the human traffickers have brokers in Zuru, deceiving mother and father to launch their kids for education functions in Gusau.
“Sadly, from Gusau, the kids are trafficked to Calabar, offered into slavery between N280, 000 and above, whereas the consumers change the names of the kids to keep away from detection.
Responding, Governor Idris directed the Company to maintain its enlightenment programme in opposition to little one and human trafficking, warning that the federal government would prosecute “whoever is concerned in such nefarious act even to the Supreme Court docket.”
“I’m additionally warning mother and father severely to not be accomplices in little one trafficking; any father or mother discovered to give up his/her kids for financial advantages will face prosecution in courtroom of regulation.
“The federal government will give N100, 000 to every of the 9 kids right here now, whereas the mother and father and the District Head will even obtain help to journey again to their locations,” he mentioned.