DAILY TRUST
A 45-year-old child trafficker, Alimot Haruna, has confessed selling off over 42 children into child labour in the last five years.
The suspect was arrested on Wednesday by a team of policemen from Ijora Badia Police Station of the Lagos Police Command.
It was learnt that the suspect whose operational base is in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, had been on the police wanted list over similar crime.
The suspect in her confessional statement said she operates from her base in Molete village in Kwara.
“I have sold over 42 children to different clients in the past. Most of my clients are based in Lagos.”
“My target are children between the ages 7 and 12 years. I bring the children to Lagos for child labour” she said.