Nigeria: Abia Command of NSCDC Rescues 80 Pregnant Girls From Child Traffickers

1 August 2015

As incidents of child trafficking continue to rage in Abia State, the state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it recently rescued over 80 pregnant girls from child traffickers in the state.

Disclosing this at Umuahia during a courtesy call on the Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, the new commandant of the NSCDC, Abia State command, Dr Benito Eze, said they would not relent until the illegal and inhuman trade was stamped out from the state.

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