Suspected trafficker steals 6-year-old pupil from a school in Benue

She said findings from fellow pupils indicated that while the pupils were on break, the missing girl in the company of her mates was playing by the roadside which is not too far from the Makurdi-Naka road “when an unknown woman called her and gave her unspecified amount of money to buy biscuit but also followed her and the both of them never returned again.”

Mrs. Torkuma who attributed the incident to the absence of a perimeter fence around the school which made it difficult to check trespassers and restrict the pupils to the confines of the school, said the matter had been reported to the Police.

Efforts to reach the father of the girl failed as he refused to speak but the parish priest of RCM Church Tionsha, where Agatha’s parents are parishioners, Rev. Fr. Osbert Viashima, confirmed the incident.

Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent, SP Catherine Anene who confirmed the development said an investigation was ongoing into the matter.