The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, rescued about 23 children from the Priesthood Orphanage in Karon Majigi village, Abuja; following alleged child trafficking.
The orphanage was also sealed as victims rescued are children between the ages of one to fourteen years from Plateau state.
The Mandate Secretary, Women Affairs Secretariat, FCTA, Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi made the disclosure while handing over the children to Plateau Commissioner for Women Affairs, Caroline Dafur, in Abuja.
Benjamins-Laniyi noted that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had authorized the secretariat to profile and recertifies all orphanages operating within the territory.
“Using this as an example, one of the first things I have done is to get approval for the recertification of orphanage homes in Abuja.
“The Minister has approved that there will be a full thorough re-profiling and recertification of anything that has to do with orphanages in Abuja.”
Benjamins-Laniyi said that the secretariat was already working with Dafur to reunite the children with their families.
She added that some of the children had been in the uncertified orphanage since 2019.