A 21 year old man, Sunday Okafor has been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Kogi State, for kidnapping and attempting to traffic a 2 year old boy, Prince Robert, out of Lokoja.
Mr. Okafor who planned to sell the kid for 200,000 ($1,037) to child traffickers in the neighbouring border town in Togo but was nabbed.
The suspect was caught when the Department of State Security (DSS) got a tip off about a syndicate that specializes in kidnapping children for ritual purposes and trafficking, this is a vice which usually occur especially during elections in Nigeria.
The boy’s father, Henry Robert, revealed that he had known the suspect for a long time and said he never knew that Okafor could have such sinister motives towards his son.
Mr Sunday Okafor who owns a shop where he sells phones and other accessories had confessed to his crimes, he said he was lured into the dirty job by friends.
