The Lagos State Police Command has arrested some suspects in connection with the alleged trafficking of a 15-year-old boy, Ajala Samuel.As of the time of filing this report, it was learnt that one of the prime suspects, one Iya Ibeji, was leading the police to where the victim was held in the Mushin area of the state.Samuel’s parents ran into a financial crisis which made them to take the teenager to a Lagos trader, Iya Meta, who gave them N8,000.The payment was said to be for the two months that Samuel would work for her.
However, Iya Meta sent him to some three women, who claimed to be traders on the Lagos Island.The traders, who claimed to have paid Iya Meta N72,000 for Samuel’s service, passed him to another family.Trouble started when Samuel’s parents, at the expiration of the two months he was supposed to work for Iya Meta, raised the alarm that he could not be found.