A suspected Child trafficker, an American white lady, was apprehended yesterday evening with 16 Nigerian kids all jammed into her wagon truck. The name of the American white lady is yet to be confirmed as at the time of her arrest as none of the police officers would want to volunteer any information. She was seen at the back of the counter at the Utako police station with the children she was alleged to have in her possession as at the time of the arrest.
The alarm was reportedly raised by an immigration officer who created a scene and forced the wagon she was driving to stop after a tip off. As soon as the news of her arrest filtered out, despite the late timing, people trooped to the station to catch a glimpse of her. She was met making frantic efforts to reach any official of the American embassy in Abuja. She also declined to speak with this reporter.
http://elendureports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2279&Itemid=1

what a shame. How pathetic.

If to say na Niaja do this one for new york now he go dey for CNN and Al jazeera home page

seedord247:

If to say na Niaja do this one for new york now he go dey for CNN and Al jazeera home page

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seedord247:

If to say na Niaja do this one for new york now he go dey for CNN and Al jazeera home page

you right!

i fear they will bail that ed.i.ot once she speaks with any official in us department,

Are you sure she is not a missionary who is doing her humanitarian work? Nigerians first criticize and condemn before investigation

Shame Shame on them later they will find some story to tell and we will accept it, 9ja government we are watching how it will on fold no way for her out.

where is utako?

i'm sure this will turn out to be nothing more than the usual overzealous police shooting the mouth first and apologizing later

where would the woman trafick the children to? to serve as househelps in the us?

The white man is too powerful for our government to handle, there are so many evil things these white bhitches do here that go unnoticed, They usually come as missionaries doing humanitarian works so you dont suspect them? If it was Nigerian this news would be on CNN and BCC, I bet the US embassy will intervene on her behalf, its typical of them,

", , Meanwhile, the police sources have said the lady was mistaken for a child trafficker, quoting her as saying the children were not illegally taken away from their parents but were displaced during the recent post-election crisis in Kaduna, while the humanitarian mission

organization which she worked with had been providing care for the

children.

The lady was also quoted as saying that most of the children were found to have contacted HIV and deserved absolute care.

The police also explained that the woman was on her way to Karshi, Nasarawa State where her organization had acquired a property for the up-keep of the kids when she was stopped and

disgraced, "

For further reading:

http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26445:naptip-investigates-suspected-american-child-trafficker&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8

seedord247:

If to say na Niaja do this one for new york now he go dey for CNN and Al jazeera home page

You re absolutely correct. Couldn't ve said it any beta!

As if even their own people (the children) care!!! How many children are roaming the streets every day? Unkempt and uncatered for?
What would she have done with those children? Use them for juju or sell them as house help? the case is altogether diferent from when you see a naijaman with unknown people's children. It is neccessary to clarify and investigate before rushing to the press, if only our police will be in a hurry to track down the real criminals instead of innocent victims, she is a missionary pure and simple.

Kathryn Barrera is her name and  she belongs to an international NGO: Child to Child trust,with a network in kaduna.Her business is straight leggit.I don google everythin sha. Those kids were kicked in a curve by this negligent society.she was out carrying out her duty and those savages gave the poor lady  better punch for eye,if una see how the eye turn purple on AIT eh

Aba, do Missionaries export Children like they are cows.See the pictures, and where is her permit?

Very good. now police will learn the law that governs arrest!

a search of Kathryn Barrera threw up this

http://www.irinnews.org/PrintReport.aspx?ReportID=56611

Kaduna, 6 October 2005 (IRIN) - Five year-old Fati could barely hold back her tears. This little girl who loves going to school had just been sent home. Like the other three kids turned away at the gates on the first day of classes, Fati is HIV-positive and has been orphaned by AIDS. Her head low, her uniform not quite hiding a stomach swollen from the antiretroviral (ARV) drugs she's been taking for a year, Fati, which is not her real name, clung to Kathryn Barrera, director of Mother's Welfare Group (MWG). "This is the worst thing that people could have done to her," said this woman who moved to Nigeria 30 years ago and whom the children call "Grandma". "When Fati came to us last year, we didn't think she'd make it. Her heart stopped several times. It's a miracle she's still alive and now they're sending her home from school because her belly's too big," she exclaimed, taking the little girl into her lap. On this day, MWG had sent 14 children to school, all of them orphaned by AIDS, but the four new students were turned away. "If they aren't allowed in, I'm pulling you all out this school," she told the children assembled in the living-room of the house, that she and her husband have set up in Kaduna, 200 km north of the capital Abuja, to take care of kids left vulnerable by AIDS. In 2001, seeing the plight of these children, MWG started taking in the first orphans. Now there are 26 in a house which is surrounded by greenery and filled with the voices and laughter of children. KIDS IN DANGER In Kaduna, a social worker speaking on condition of anonymity reported numerous cases of abuse against orphans, to the point of torture. Whether they have the virus or not, they are sometimes accused of witchcraft and held responsible for the deaths of their HIV-positive parents or are caught in the middle of inheritance squabbles. The risk to these children can be so great that leaving them in their family or community would amount to a death sentence, said the social worker. But other than a handful of public orphanages, only a few charitable or religious organisations look after the "children of AIDS" in Nigeria. And more often than not, these children have lived through very difficult family circumstances. "Some families keep the kids at home but neglect them until they die, acting as though they didn't see them," said Bukky Olumodeji, a 19 year-old who has worked for MWG for the past two years while waiting to continue her studies in nursing. In Nigeria, almost four million people are living with the virus, of which more than 300,000 are under 15 years of age, according to the United Nations. By the end of 2003, almost two million children had lost at least one parent due to AIDS-related illnesses. "A few years ago, nobody realised that a child could have the virus, even within the medical community," explained a local doctor on condition of anonymity. The doctor said it wasn't until the mid-nineties that a child was found HIV-positive in Kaduna. "At first we got one kid a month, then one per week. Now, a child tests positive almost every day." NO PAEDIATRIC ARVs IN KADUNA According to the State Action Committee Against AIDS (SACA), 230,000 people in Kaduna State were HIV-positive at the end of 2003. Less than a thousand is the "likely number of people" who have access to state-subsidised ARVs which cost 1,000 naira (about US $ per month, said SACA's Andrew S. Yohanna. Paediatric ARVs cost 10 times more, about US $80 per month. That amount is beyond the reach of most Nigerians, two thirds of whom live on less than a dollar a day, according to UN estimates. "Some families make huge sacrifices to get treatment for their HIV-positive children," said the local doctor. "They deprive themselves of their own medication to give them to their kids." According to SACA, paediatric ARVs are not yet available in Kaduna. Its drug budget was barely 50 million naira (US $380,000), a paltry sum given the number of patients awaiting ARVs. At the MWG house, however, European-brought ARVs are free. NOT A MOMENT'S REST Two hours after having been sent home, Fati and the other three children were being led back to school by a combative Barrera. After a few minutes of forceful discussion, she managed to convince the embarrassed principal to accept them. But Barrera knew that her struggles were not over. "Every day, we have to wage battle over things like this," she said. "As soon as one problem is fixed, another comes along." Sure enough, a few hours later, a newborn was sent to the house from Kaduna's public hospital. "The mother died giving birth," said Bukky. "When the hospital discovered she was HIV-positive and told the husband that the baby likely was too, he took off, leaving his son." "The maternal grandmother stayed but she doesn't know what to do," she added, visibly shaken. For Barrera, it's clear that her organisation, which already receives support from partners such as the Dutch van Leer Foundation, the British Catholic Agency for Overseas Development and the Spanish Manos Unidas, will need to raise more money in order to deal with the growing number of children needing care. In addition to the kids in the house, MWG cares for 400 others. It also supports women's groups in the villages. SACA expects a programme for orphans and at-risk children to be implemented statewide in 2006 with funding from the World Bank. It would provide funding for communities and organisations on the ground to pay for the children's school fees, uniforms, and food. "Even if this programme does come about, 2006 is a long way off," says Barrera. "The kids are heading back to school now, and more and more are arriving here every day, "

Theme(s): Children, HIV/AIDS (PlusNews),

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]

viva the nigerian police - while boko haram is bombing right left and center they are molesting humanitarians and brain dead Nigerians are cheering

This is so sad and today I am ashamed to be a Nigerian.

Thanks to the educated folks on this thread that used good judgement in their commentary.

We still have a long way to go if we're still trying to hurt those that are helping.