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Woman charged with child trafficking

    ABIDJAN

    The police has charged a well-known Lagos businesswoman, Bisi Dan-Musa, and two others before a magistrate court with 19 counts of child stealing and slave dealing, local newspapers reported on Thursday.

    According to the ‘Vanguard’ daily the accused persons pleaded not guilty and were granted bail by presiding magistrate Gbemi Ajayi. The hearing was adjourned to 18 July.

    The accused were arrested last week after being found in the custody of 16 children aged between one year and four years. In a routine highway search, Police found the children hiding behind plastic crates in a mini-bus.

    Newspapers reported that Dan-Musa told the police she had rescued the children from destitute and drug addicts, and had adopted them out of humanitarian concern.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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