The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has sealed the Priesthood Orphanage in Karon Majigi Village, Abuja after 23 children between the ages of one and 14 were rescued from the orphanage
The children were believed to have been allegedly trafficked from Plateau State.
Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, the mandate secretary, Women Affairs Secretariat, FCTA, disclosed this while handing over the children to Plateau Commissioner for Women Affairs, Caroline Dafur, in Abuja on Monday.
She said that an investigation was ongoing to unravel the facts of the allegation.
Mrs Benjamins-Laniyi also said the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had authorised the Secretariat to profile and recertify orphanages operating within the nation’s capital.
“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 reprofiling and recertification of anything that has to do with orphanages in Abuja,” she said.
The mandate secretary said the Secretariat was already working with Mrs Dafur to reunite the children with their families.
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