Department
of State Services (DSS), Bayelsa Command, on Wednesday announced the
arrest of child-trafficking syndicate
suspects and rescued 36 children (12 males and 24 females) in Yenagoa and
Kaiama in Bayelsa State, Port Harcourt in Rivers State, and
Enugu-Agidi in Anambra State on July 6.
Friday Onuche, DDS Deputy Director ,
while briefing journalist, said four suspects Rev Dada Nuhu, Rev Anthony Onubiyi, Rev
Benzaliy Ishaya all of Assemblies of God Church and Mrs Tombra Alapiya, a
private school proprietor ,
suspected to operate under the
guise of missionaries and non-governmental organizations, targeting
vulnerable children from Zamfara, Kaduna, and Kebbi State.
.
In their testimonies, some of the children told the newsmen that the missionaries who arranged with their parents to place them in choice schools reneged on their promises and handed them to foster parents. “The pastors came to our villages in Zaria and convinced some parents who are unable to train their children in schools, but when we got to Bayelsa they now took us to different homes” they said.
In their testimonies, some of the children told the newsmen that the missionaries who arranged with their parents to place them in choice schools reneged on their promises and handed them to foster parents. “The pastors came to our villages in Zaria and convinced some parents who are unable to train their children in schools, but when we got to Bayelsa they now took us to different homes” they said.
Meanwhile,
the three males , who claimed to be clergymen
with the Assemblies of God Mission, maintained that they were in the
endeavor on humanitarian grounds and had merely collected
transport “fares” from prospective parents.
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