NSCDC rescues 15 trafficked children, arrests officers over alleged service rifle sales

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued 15 trafficked minors and recovered rifles. The corps besides said it had dismantled an interstate telecommunications infrastructure vandalism network.

In a statement, NSDC National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commandant of Corps Babawale Afolabi, said the operations were carried retired by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad nether the zero-tolerance argumentation connected crime, corruption and plus destruction. 

According to him, the operatives investigated a petition regarding missing children successful Kokona LGA, Nasarawa State, uncovering a syndicate led by 1 Anderson Archibong.

“Archibong masqueraded arsenic an NGO authoritative moving a ‘Back to School Project’ nether the ‘National Council of Child Rights Advocate’ to defraud low-income parents,” Afolabi said.

According to the statement, successful January 2026, 16 children were fraudulently taken and sold crossed the state for N2,000,000 per child.

It said that done intelligence-led operations crossed transit routes, 15 of the 16 children were successfully rescued...