The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued over 180 trafficked children in operations spanning several states. The rescues followed a pattern of deception in which suspected criminal networks allegedly preyed on families displaced by violence and hardship, promising education and support before taking their children away. In one case, a father in Kajuru, Kaduna State, was reunited with his son after three years; the boy was three when gunmen invaded their community, and the family was later approached by people claiming to represent an NGO helping crisis-affected communities. NAPTIP is now unravelling the network and tracing those behind the alleged trafficking of vulnerable children.
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