NAPTIP rescues teenager from suspected human traffickers in Anambra

Anambra State’s Mgbakwu in the Awka North local government area is where the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) rescued a 16-year-old girl from alleged human traffickers.

This information was provided to journalists on Friday in Awka by the NAPTIP representative for the state, Mr. Anthony Okafor.
On Thursday, Okafor stated that the operation was conducted in coordination with the Anambra Vigilante Group and the state’s Ministry Of Women And Social Welfare.

The spokesman said: “The victim identified as Chioma Obi gave birth three days ago before her rescue in an uncompleted building at Mgbakwu, where she was harboured by a trafficking syndicate.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the syndicate was already hatching plans to sell the new born baby as they did with the victim’s two other children.

“The girl, who said she hailed from Enugwu-Ukwu, appears to be mentally unstable and had over the years been used by the gang operating from an uncompleted building at Mgbakwu.

“She gives birth to babies which the gang sell on delivery.”