Edo State: NAPTIP Arrests Fake Rev Sister For Trafficking 38 Children
From Imafidon. OSAZUA (Benin)
The Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has arrested a fake Rev. Sister for alleged trafficking of 38 children in Delta state.
The suspect, Ikejimba Maryvianney, 40, (a.k.a Oluchi) and one Chidera, at large, were handed over the children on the guise of giving them better care in their two orphanage homes located at Enugu-Awka camp by Monastery, Ilah, Delta state.
Ikejimba Maryvianney was reportedly arrested by the NAPTIP following a tip off, while she came to the farm community apparently to recruit other children.
Confirming the incident, the NAPTIP Zonal Commander in Benin, Bar. Nduka Nwanwrnne, said the suspect is in their custody., adding that the suspect claimed to be trained in Ghana as a Rev. sister while their headquarters is in Philippines.
She came to meet the parents and persuade them to allow their children follow them to their orphanage homes and that they would be given better care.
Nwanwenne said: "On January 28 the suspect was given 12 children while on February 19, she was given 26 children bringing the total number children in her custody to 38 and the children are all minors
"The suspect and her accomplices are human traffickers, who are posing as Rev. Sisters from a convent in Owerri, recruiting children for human trafficking.
"To convince the parents when they were handed over the first batch of the children, he said the suspects asked two of the parents to follow them to know the two orphanage homes the children would stay.
"32 of the children have been recovered by the agency while six who are between the ages of three, four and six years old are yet to be recovered
"The suspect when arrested claimed that three of the six children are in Badagry while the other three are in Ogun but later said they have been adopted by people in the East.
"The agency is still on the trail of getting the victims as well as arresting the suspect at large and that the suspect would be charge to Court, " he stated.
He warned parents to be vigilant and never to trust anybody with their kids without asking fundamental questions.
