In the last three to five years, Plateau State has gradually become the epicenter of child trafficking in the country. The development has heightened concern within the government circle, child rights advocates, religious bodies, concerned parents and guardians, and the larger society. Available records show that in the last few years, more than one thousand vulnerable children have been intercepted and rescued by security agencies as they were being trafficked to other parts of the country and even neighbouring countries like Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Togo, and Benin Republic, for the sole purpose of cheap child labour and sex slavery. A worrying pattern has revealed that over 85% of these trafficked children have come from the Langtang axis (Langtang North/South LGAs). No one has ...