Niger State Police Command has rescued six children allegedly sold by a trafficking ring operating between Niger State and the Federal Capital Territory.

Three of the children were reportedly abducted from the Lambata area before investigators traced the suspected traffickers to Kurudu in Abuja, where a couple, Leonard Ugochukwu and Ngozi Ugochukwu, were arrested.

According to the police, the couple admitted to purchasing two of the children from one Okpalaye Mathew Ibrahim, said to be a hospital worker, for N1.3 million.

Police spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed the development in a statement on Wednesday, noting that efforts were ongoing to apprehend additional members of the syndicate.