FIJ
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has taken possession of Oriade Runsewe, the now six-month-old baby sold under the table by Arrows of God orphanage to undercover journalist ‘Fisayo Soyombo on July 6, 2023.
For 19 months, Soyombo, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of FIJ, had studied, trailed, investigated and eventually penetrated the orphanage after receiving a tip-off in December 2021 that one baby at Arrows of God cost N1.5 million.
Nineteen months later, the orphanage, founded by Rev. D. C. Ogo, an ordained Minister, a former Principal of the Nigerian Army School of Nursing and Midwifery, a former Chief Matron, and a retired Army Colonel, sold him a baby for N2 million.
FIJ released the story between Wednesday and Friday with a trailer, multimedia story and documentary respectively on each day, leading to calls for the authorities to step in.
Building on previous interactions dating back to July, NAPTIP officials initated contact with FIJ on Thursday to state their readiness to receive the baby. The handover was completed on Friday when two staff of FIJ turned in the baby to the Lagos Zonal Command of NAPTIP headed by Comfort Agboko.
