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Troops of 120 Battalion, 27 Task Force Brigade, Nigerian Army have intercepted four child traffickers at Katarko, Yobe State.

The suspects were intercepted by the troops while on a routine patrol as they (suspects) conveyed 19 underage children from Postiskum to Garin Tuwo, Bungai and Buni Yadi in Gujba Local Government Area, and Galarabala in Biu Local Government Area of Borno state.

The suspected traffickers and their victims have been moved to the brigade headquarters to be transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

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