NAPTIP rescues two-year-old trafficked for N100,000, suspect arrested

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has rescued a two-year-old child trafficking victim in Aba, Abia State.

According to a statement on the agency’s official Facebook page on Friday, the child was trafficked from Abuja to Aba where the suspect who allegedly sold her for N100,000 was arrested by officials of the Department of State Services.

The statement read, “A 2-year-old girl, renamed Chiamaka Favor (alias), who was trafficked from Abuja to Aba in February 2025, has been rescued by NAPTIP Abia Command on May 8, 2025.

“The suspected trafficker, arrested by DSS Abia and handed over to NAPTIP, is alleged to have worked with three trafficking syndicates from Abuja and sold the child to a buyer for ₦100,000. Investigations are ongoing.”

The agency also sought public assistance to reunite the child with her biological parents, saying, ” NAPTIP is calling on the biological parents or any relatives of the child to urgently contact the agency.”

PUNCH Online reported in April that NAPTIP, in collaboration with the Taraba State of Women Affairs and Child Development, rescued eight trafficked children who were “deceitfully taken away from their homes and trafficked to Aba, Onitsha, and parts of Imo State.”

Sources: Punch