ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Anambra state Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo, has declared zero tolerance on human trafficking in the state.
The Commissioner gave the warning in Awka, the state capital, when six mothers who gave their kids to traffickers came to plead for the release of their children.
She warned that anyone caught engaging in such act would not go scot-free.
Mrs. Obinabo assured the general public that the culprits would be used as scapegoats to serve as deterrent to others.
The six young mothers include 22-year-old Ogochukwu Nwachukwu; 30-year-old Uchenna Amadi, both from Ebonyi State; 28-year-old Juliet Okon; 23-year-old Mirable Edet; both from Akwa-Ibom State; 21-year-old Christiana Ọkọn from Calabar, Cross River State; and 20-year-old Onyebuchi Orajiaka from Okija, Anambra State.
During interrogation, the culprits revealed that they were usually paid N10,000 and N20, 000 every weekend, depending on the number of children they give to their accomplices, Ikengaonline reports.
They have since promised to not engage in such illegal acts again if pardoned by the state government.