Vigilant passengers have reportedly rescued five female minors from two suspected child traffickers, Vera Okhakhu and Blessing Agbokha, in Auchi, Edo State.
The passengers, who saw the kids arriving Auchi unaccompanied on Friday, suspected that they might have been trafficked after a long distance journey from Kaduna to Onitsha in Anambra State.
The victims, who are girls, are aged between seven and nine.
They were said to have arrived Auchi in the evening and were trying to establish contact with the two suspected female traffickers to take them to Onitsha.
A source at the motor park, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said some curious co-passengers with the minors became suspicious due to the timid and innocent nature of the children, who were deemed too young to travel on their own.
The source said: “The five girls were underage. They were trying to make contact with some people and the other passengers became suspicious.
“With the help of the driver and his colleagues at Onitsha Park in Auchi, the women were called to come over and pick up the children.
“The two suspected traffickers who were later identified as Vera Okhakhu and Blessing Agbokha, claimed to be indigenes of Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State.
“The two women were questioned and handed over to policemen at the Auchi Police Divisional Headquarters for further investigations.”