By our reporter| The police in Taraba State on Monday said it arrested a suspected child trafficker, Mary Yakubu, with 23 children.
The children, who are between the ages of four and seven, comprise 14 boys and nine girls.
Parading Mary along with other suspects on Monday at the State Police Command headquarters in Jalingo, the state police PPRO, David Misal, told reporters that the suspect was intercepted with the kids at a park in Bali Local Government Area of the state while they were about to board a vehicle.
According to him, the 23 children have been handed over to the Ministry of Social Welfare in the state, and seven parents of some of the children arrested in connection with the crime.
Answering questions from reporters, the suspect claimed that the children were given to her by their parents to help to take care of them.
She said, “The parents of the children told me to come get them for people who would help cater to their educational needs because, in their villages, there are no schools.
“This is actually the first time I am doing this, and I did not collect any money from their parents.”
“I am a mother of seven, a teacher at Adamu Primary School in Bali LGA. I am 45 years and was arrested at the car park in Bali when I was about leaving with the children.”
Cover Photo: Suspected trafficker Mary Yakubu
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