Lady Arrested for Trafficking 5-day-old Baby In Cross River
A woman Imabong Aniefiok-Samuel has been arrested in Cross
River state for trafficking a five-day old baby boy.
She was arrested by
the Anti-Human Trafficking/Child Labour Unit of the Nigeria Immigration
Service, NIS, on Wednesday at Peace Park in Etta Agbor area of Calabar
Municipality.
A statement signed by
the Spokesperson of NIS in the state, Amor Austin in Calabar on Thursday, said
that preliminary findings revealed that it was a case of child trafficking.
Head of Operations of NAPTIP in the state, Oba Jacob, who
received the suspect and the baby, told NAN in an interview that the suspect
would be used to trace others at large who had earlier indicated interest to
buy the baby.
