About 207 abducted children have been rescued by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force nationwide.
They also thwarted multiple bandit attacks across the country.
A syndicate, according to the police, involved in child abduction and trafficking in Akure, Ondo State was dismantled, rescuing 14 children.
Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force spokesman, in a statement explained that the police, acting on intelligence regarding a missing child, arrested three suspects —Abosede Olanipekun, Lukman Isiaka, and Sabira Izuorah— and rescued 14 children aged between one week and seven years.
He further explained that the Nigeria Police Force has escalated its initiatives to combat human trafficking and the operation of illegal baby factories, successfully rescuing more than 207 abducted children from suspected traffickers nationwide.
He added that a significant breakthrough was achieved with the arrest of a syndicate involved in child abduction and trafficking by the Ondo State Police Command following intelligence regarding a missing child at Okuta Elerin-Nla, Akure.
According to him, “Acting on intelligence regarding a missing child, the operatives arrested three suspects—Abosede Olanipekun, Lukman Isiaka, and Sabira Izuorah—and rescued 14 children aged between one week and seven years.”
The spokesman explained that on January 18, 2025, operatives attached to the Kogi State Command intercepted a group of armed bandits holding a strategic meeting in a forest in Budon, Kogi State.
The statement added that police operatives in Katsina State, working in collaboration with other security agencies, thwarted an imminent attack on Ruwan Doruwa Village in Dutsinma Local Government Area.
He stated that the operatives also recovered one AK-47 rifle, two magazines, 30 rounds of live ammunition and two motorcycles.
