Children Abandoned As Witches Leads To Trafficking Says NGO

NGO says child abandonment promotes trafficking
• Tuesday, Dec 4, 2007

An Non-government organsiation Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN)has linked the high rate of child trafficking in Akwa Ibom State to frequent cases of abandoned children.

Mr. Sam Itauma, the CRARN President, said on Monday in Eket that 70 percent of cases of trafficking in the state involved stigmatised and abandoned children, wrongly labeled as witches....