Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Wednesday acquired seven trafficked youngsters from Kano.
The State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed, together with high safety companies, handed over the kids to the governor on the Authorities Home.
Governor Mohammed recommended Kano State’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Gumel, for efficiently rescuing the stolen youngsters from Bauchi. He expressed reduction that the kids have been rescued alive and emphasised the necessity for efficient policing.
The governor pledged to offer vital instruments for regulation enforcement companies and urged safety organizations, in addition to these addressing little one rights points, to deal with the state of affairs as a wake-up name.
He additionally prolonged gratitude to Kano’s Governor Abba Yusuf for reuniting the kids with their mother and father and contributing financially to assist them. He challenged the Nationwide Company for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Individuals (NAPTIP) to accentuate efforts and focus its consideration on Bauchi State to forestall future occurrences.
He issued a stern warning, stating, “If this barbaric act is just not nipped within the bud, it’s able to bringing suspicion and distrust between the totally different individuals in Nigeria.
“It’s unacceptable for individuals to be stolen and be offered, and their gynecology, their linguistics, their religion modified, simply due to the cash.
“I hope these are the one victims. I hope many others haven’t been mutilated or killed.”
Expressing concern for the victims, Governor Mohammed hoped that these have been the one instances and expressed fear that others might need suffered mutilation and even dying.
Through the briefing to the governor and his cupboard, the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed, highlighted the collaboration with Kano authorities in efficiently recovering the kidnapped youngsters.
The commissioner revealed that the abductions occurred earlier than the Bala Mohammed administration, courting again to round 2016, with two further incidents in 2023.