zinachidi:
The Department of State Service, Bayelsa
Command, has arrested three pastors and a
woman for allegedly trafficking 36 children. The three pastors are said to belong to the
Assemblies of God Church and a woman, who runs
a private school in Yenagoa. The four suspects were paraded at the DSS office in
Yenagoa on Wednesday. The pastors’ names were given as Dauda
Nurugada, 32, from Kebbi State; Anthony Anthony
Onwebeyi, 53, from Anambra State, Rev. Benaalim
Isa-Garba, 43, from Kaduna State, and Mrs Tombra
Alazigha, 38, school proprietress. The 36 children, whose ages range between five
and 14 years, rescued from homes, where they
had been used as maids were brought to the
parade. Addressing journalists at the state headquarters of
the DSS, the Assistant State Director of Security, Mr.
Friday Onuche, said the children were rescued
from homes in Yenagoa and Kaiama in Bayelsa
state, Enugu-Agidi in Anambra state and Port
Harcourt in Rivers State after investigations. He said the kingpins operated under the guise of
missionaries and non-governmental
organisations. He said they targeted vulnerable children largely
from the Northern part of the country. He said among the places targeted by the
suspected traffickers are Zuru ethnic group in
Kebbi and Zamfara states and Zaria in Kaduna
State. He said the suspects usually approached the poor
parents to allow the innocent children under the
guise of assisting to send them to school and
getting good education. Onuche said the children rather than go to school
as promised always ended up as househelps or
hawkers on the streets. Onuche said, “There is the need therefore for
members of the public to be sensitised on the need
to be circumspect in the way they give their
children or take in children from such
unsuspecting modern slave traders.” Speaking on the allegation, Pastor Anthony
Onwebeyi, who confirmed that he had been
arrested for the same offence by police but
released after investigations by the Anambra state
Police Command, said he was not a trafficker. He said he is a missionary, whose mission was to
help children get back to school. He said he only collected some small amount of
money as transport fares from those who
eventually got custody of the kids. Alazigha, said she runs both a private school and
an NGO that takes care of vulnerable children. She said she had six of the children in her custody
and they were all brought to her by the pastors. She however denied using them as housemaids,
saying they attend her school together with her
other six children from her meagre earnings being
a civil servant and a school proprietress.


Cc: lalasticlala

www.punchng.com/news/dss-arrests-three-pastors-woman-for-child-trafficking/

wachakuta:
DSSDone wake up from slumber

brooklyn49:

what are u trying to insinuate now
that they never make arrest bfr?
mtcheww

wachakuta:



And u go claim say u go skool? U sure say ur papa no waste d money wey hm take train u so

I said DEM DON WAKE UP... not THEYKVE JUST Been CREATED

brooklyn49:

what if that was play??
how do u enjoy dragging "ur" papa to irrelevant issues...well done!

wachakuta:


What if what I said too was play...? just playing ooh

zinachidi:
lol, u and brooklyn49 no dey serious oo