Two babies, 3 months-old each, have been intercepted from two traffickers at Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The trafficking was foiled by security personnel and Passenger Service Executives of the Air Peace airline.
Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, who confirmed the incident said it happened at about 12noon on Monday.
He said a man and a woman, travelling from Lagos to Asaba, were intercepted with the babies at the check-in counter.
“Our Passenger Service Executive, being suspicious of the duo’s behaviour, questioned them about the babies. They said the babies belonged to them and were travelling to Asaba,” he said.
“Later the two adults gave conflicting explanations to different staff- that the babies were being taken to the United Kingdom to unite them with their parents and later they said they were sending the babies to Zimbabwe for adoption.
“Consequently, Air Peace’s security unit took both of them to the MMA2 police station where they admitted they were agents who traffic children for adoption.”
The police said they would transfer the case to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further investigation and action.
