21 children rescued as FCT Police uncovers child trafficking syndicate disguised as orphanage
Gossip • 2d ago
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has uncovered a suspected child trafficking syndicate operating under the guise of an orphanage home in the Saburi area of the Federal Capital Territory.
In a statement released, the spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, said the discovery followed a petition submitted on January 29, 2026, by concerned members of the Saburi community to the Office of the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, over suspicious activities linked to the orphanage.
According to Adeh, preliminary investigations revealed that the operators of the orphanage allegedly targeted indigent families in rural communities across the country, obtaining custody of young children under the pretext of providing them access to education in urban centres and promising a...