Female suspects named Kulu Dogonyaro and Elizabeth Ojah were apprehended by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command on charges of child trafficking.
The arrest took place on a Saturday when the suspects were caught trafficking five children into the Federal Capital Territory.
SP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, announced this development in a statement released on Thursday.
In her statement, Adeh mentioned that “The operatives of the FCT police command, on April 27, 2024, around 8:00 p.m., detained two female suspects, Kulu Dogonyaro and Elizabeth Ojah, for their involvement in trafficking five children.
“The suspects, who tried to evade capture by Sokoto police operatives, were intercepted and detained by FCT police forces at Kagini junction in Abuja while transporting five children into the Federal Capital Territory.
“In a gesture of unity, the FCT police command has transferred the suspects and victims to the Sokoto state police command for further investigation and subsequent legal action.”
Recent times have seen a rise in kidnapping and bandit activities in the FCT.
In January 2024, the Special Intervention Squad of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command took down three notorious bandits in a forest located in the Bwari area of Abuja.
The same month saw the elimination of a prominent kidnapper called Janari, responsible for numerous abductions in Kaduna State and Abuja, along with some of his associates during operations carried out by the air component of Operation Whirl Punch in Kaduna State.
Additionally, in February, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command arrested a pastor named Simon Kado, his relative Jesse Simon-Kado, and their driver, Muhammad Isah, on charges of trafficking 12 underage children – eight girls and four boys aged between five and 16 years old, from Nasarawa State to Ogun State.