By Kamsi Anayo, Awka
13 children have been rescued from suspected child traffickers in Otolo, Nnewi by a joint taskforce of Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra, (OCHA) Brigade and Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs.
The joint taskforce also confiscated fake documents that aided the trafficking.
The children were found malnourished and have been denied education.
It was gathered that the trafficker adopts and sold children to people from different parts of the country.
The suspected trafficker, Angela Okechukwu and her collaborators were also arrested.
Mr Celestine Anere, Managing Director of OCHA Brigade, expressed shock at the poor health condition the children between the age of two and twelve years are subjected to.
He assured that the state government will continue to crack down on all illegalities and warned all criminal minded individuals to relocate from the state or face the full wrath of the law.
Residents of the community, who spoke to the Network, Ikechukwu Nnabuike and Ifechukwu Okoro, recalled several complaints they had made against the woman but were ignored.
They appreciated the state government for the rapid intervention to end the unlawful act.
