Nine suspects who allegedly specialised in inter-state trafficking, abduction, buying and selling of minors have been nabbed by the police in Kano State.
The Kano State Police commissioner, Usaini Gumel, made this known while parading the suspects at the Bompai command’s headquarters on Thursday.
Gumel explained that the members of the syndicate were apprehended after several intelligence-led operations were conducted.
He said the long time cycle of inter-state trafficking syndicates hibernated around Kano, Bauchi, Gombe, Lagos, Delta, Anambra and Imo states before they were identified and dismantled.
Gumel said a total of seven victims, who are mostly minors, were rescued from the clutches of the harrowing criminal activities.
“It was through diligent investigations by our dedicated team of officers that the operations of these criminal networks that had been in existence for more than 10 years were identified,” he said.
The Kano Police commissioner said some of the rescued children aged between three and eight that were rescued were sold at prices between N300,000 and N600,000 depending on their ages.
“It was found during investigations that a victim Mohammed Ilya who was abducted from Bauchi but his name changed to Chidiebere was sold recently at Nnewi in Anambra State,” Gumel said.
