NSCDC foils child trafficking, rescues 15-year-old girl abducted and s3xually abused in Abuja
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has rescued a 15-year-old girl said to be a victim of trafficking and arrested the suspect at the Kwali Area Council of Abuja. The command Public Relations Officer, Monica Ojobi, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, April 17, 2026 said the Corps’ investigation revealed that the victim, who hails from Ebonyi State, was abducted, s3xually abused, and targeted for trafficking abroad. According to the statement, the criminal exploitation was foiled following a report of the sudden disappearance of a teenage girl (name withheld) residing with her mother, at the Kwali Central Divisional office of the Corps. “Upon this report, the Command Anti-Human Trafficking unit of the FCT Command swung into action, tracking the suspect, an effort which led to the eventual arrest of the suspect who had camped the girl for two (2) weeks,” the statement read....