The development was made public in a statement issued on Wednesday in Enugu by the spokesman of the Command, Daniel Ndukwe.
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Apella was testifying as the third prosecution witness (PW3) before Justice Peter Kekemeke.
The Command’s Commissioner, Friday Eboka, disclosed when he paraded 30 suspects for various crimes on Wednesday.
The development was confirmed via a statement in Abakaliki by Loveth Odah, the command’s Public Relations Officer.
She spoke at the monthly women prayer summit held in Uyo, the state capital.
The spokesman of the Command, Haruna Mohammed, made the declaration on Thursday in a statement.
This was contained in a statement by the Director-General of NAPTIP, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, on Wednesday in Abuja.
Other persons paraded were alleged to have been found with prohibited firearms.
The state Commandant of the corps, Nnamdi Nwannukwu, said this on Thursday in Umuahia, while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command in the last two months.
The International Labour Organisation has begun a 28 million Euro project, sponsored by the Netherlands, to accelerate the fight against child labour in Nigeria and four other African countries.
The International Labour Organisation and Economic Community of West African States have charged member-states to implement laws on child labour and trafficking.
Omowumi Olatunji-Edet, the State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, made this known on Tuesday at a one-day training/consultative meeting organised for members of State Working Group on Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour.
She said care giving for orphans and other challenged children was a humanitarian task that comes with pain and personal sacrifice.
She said: “You took it upon yourselves within limited available resources to keep and protect these vulnerable ones
“The driver and the passengers interrogated Okonkwo about the baby and she said that the mother of the baby was in Lagos
The first accused faces a three-count charge of conspiracy, child-trafficking and unlawful custody, while the second accused is facing a two-count charged of conspiracy and child-trafficking
Speaking further, Wogu affirmed the commitment of the administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, to the elimination of child labour, especially its worst forms, in line with global standard, adding that appreciable progress has been recorded in that regards