A 42 year old man identified as China Telpesa Solomon Tali, has been arrested by operatives of The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Federal Capital Territory Command, for attempted human trafficking via the sale of his eight year old son. Speaking to the press, FCT Commandant Olusola Odumosu, while parading China Tali and his accomplice, Pius Aondoakaa, at the Command headquarters on Tuesday, January 16 2024, stated that the duo was arrested on 10th January 2024, upon discovery of their conspiracy to sell Ushafa Tali, eight year old son of China Tali, for the sum of twenty million naira. FCT Commandant Olusola Odumosu who confirmed that Mr Tali and his accomplice were arrested on January 10, following a tip-off which led the police to place the suspects on surveillance. Both suspects are Tiv by tribe and from a village called R.C.M Abeda Mbadyul in Logo LGA.
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Narrating how the suspects were lured and apprehended by the authorities , the FCT Commandant stated: "One of the suspects Pius Aondoakaa in a quest for a higher bid rejected an initial sum of 12 million naira and was looking for 20 million naira for a “He-goat” meaning a boy child. He also offered a “she-goat” (i.e. girl child) for 15 million Naira. Pius claimed to have a boy child for sale and that the father of the boy wants to use the proceeds of the sale to take care of his other children. In view of this, the acclaimed father of the boy, Mr. China Telpesa Solomon Tali was lured to Abuja on January 10, 2024, by the FCT Intelligence Personnel who posed as a buyer and agreed on the terms to buy and pay the sum of 20million naira. He was received at a garden with his son by the undercover personnel who posed as the buyer. The transaction was concluded for the sum of twenty million naira after which officers moved in and arrested the father, Mr. Chinana Tali, male, 42 years old of Logo LGA, of Benue State and recovered the little eight-year-old boy by the name Ushafa Tali."
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