The arrest was part of the ongoing "Exercise Atilogwu Udo 1".
Col.
Yusuf said that a total of nine children, including four girls and five boys aged between two and 13 years, were recovered from the suspected child trafficker.
He gave the name of the child trafficker as Mrs.
"At about
"The trafficker was intercepted in a luxurious bus with registration number ANAMBRA NEN 429 ZD belonging to
"The woman claimed she was taking the children from an orphanage in Jos, Plateau State to another orphanage in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
"The woman produced a hand written document signed by a pastor, showing a list of the names of the children, as an official document to facilitate the transportation of the children.
"However, during the preliminary investigation, a family member of one of the children who was contacted revealed that the family was not aware of how one of the victims, named Joshua got to Nsukka.
"This was corroborated by other contacts that were thankful to
The army spokesman said that the children, who were crying of hunger and claimed they had not eaten since yesterday, were consequently fed by troops with food.
"The suspected trafficker and the children have been handed over to
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