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By Madu Obi
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a woman who sold over 120 children.
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Prof Fatima Waziri-Azi said apart from the prosecution of the woman whose name she did not disclose, the agency is also investigating a lot of fake orphanages and those who fake documents to run organizations they were using to traffick children.
She said: “We are currently prosecuting a woman who has sold over 120 children. Young girls are lured into baby making machines where they are camped in houses and they sleep with different men."
"Human traffickers have capitalized on the japa syndrome and are now exploiting Nigerians".
"We have a situation where young girls are lured under the guise of being offered a job. When they go there, they take their phones, lock them up in a room and consistently different men come every day to rape them until they get pregnant. And once they give birth, they take that child."
According to Fatima, no fewer than 20,200 victims have received support from the agency, adding that Lagos, Katsina, Kano, Abuja and Benue recorded the highest number of rescued victims.
She also said that NAPTIP has secured 639 convictions in 20 years, adding that in 2021 alone, the agency received 1,232 human trafficking complaints.
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