The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has successfully rescued a two-year-old girl who was trafficked from Abuja to Aba, Abia State.
In a statement shared via the agency’s official Facebook page on Friday, NAPTIP disclosed that the child was sold for N100,000 and that a suspect connected to the case was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
“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 agency stated.
According to the report, the arrested suspect had ties to at least three trafficking syndicates operating from Abuja and was believed to have facilitated the sale of the child for ₦100,000.
“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 ₦100,000. Investigations are ongoing,” the statement added.
NAPTIP also appealed to the public for assistance in tracing the child’s biological family.
“NAPTIP is calling on the biological parents or any relatives of the child to urgently contact the agency,” it said.
DAILY GAZETTE recall that NAPTIP in collaboration with the Taraba State Ministry of Women Affairs and Child Development had in April, rescued eight trafficked children who had been “deceitfully taken away from their homes and trafficked to Aba, Onitsha, and parts of Imo State.”
