Police arrest human traffickers with 59 children in Abuja

No less than 59 children were rescued by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command when they intercepted suspected human traffickers.

Tunji Disu, Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja.

According to Disu, a team led by Sarki Umar, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), intercepted a white Peugeot 15-seater bus, popularly known as J5, on January 6 while heading to Nasarawa State.

He added that the bus was apprehended while they were transporting the children, aged between four and 12 years, who were suspected to have been trafficked from Kano.