December 6, 2024

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The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested ten suspected members of a human trafficking and child abduction syndicate and rescued 21 abducted children.

One of the suspects is a father who allegedly abducted twenty-eight children. Six of them are his biological children.

The development comes after investigations by police authorities in Sokoto. The suspects were said to have been running a human trafficking and child abduction ring in Sokoto State for a long time.

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While parading the suspects in Sokoto on Thursday, the state police commissioner, Hayatu Kaigama, said the command in collaboration with military and vigilantes also rescued three kidnapped victims including a female lawyer who was abducted last Sunday at her residence in the Sokoto metropolis.

He said they also arrested a murder suspect alongside a suspect impersonating a deputy superintendent of police.

The commission appreciated the support of the state government, reaffirming the commitment of its personnel to maintain law in the state.

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