Police arrest two suspected child traffickers, rescue four-year-old girl in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has arrested 2 suspected kid traffickers and rescued a four-year-old miss successful Kuje.

The suspects, identified arsenic Rose Daniel and Blessing John, were apprehended connected August 27, 2026, portion allegedly attempting to fly with the child, Ummi Mariam Abdullah.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this successful a statement, saying the arrests followed accusation provided by a vigilant nonmigratory who witnessed the incidental and promptly alerted the police.

Adeh said constabulary operatives responded to the report, arrived astatine the location, rescued the kid and took some suspects into custody.

She said preliminary investigations revealed that Daniel and John had antecedently been arrested successful December 2025 and prosecuted implicit a akin offence.

According to her, the suspects were convicted but aboriginal released connected bail aft spending astir 5 months successful prison.

“Further probe showed that since their release, the suspects had abducted and trafficked 4 children to antithetic parts of the country.

“In the astir caller case, 2 children were allegedly taken to an accomplice successful Port Harcourt identified lone arsenic ‘Madam Ijeoma,’ who reportedly bought each kid for N1.5 million.”

The constabulary spokesperson said the rescued miss had been re...