The Federal Capital Territory Administration has sealed Divine Hope Orphanage and Much less Privileged Dwelling in Kagini over allegations of unlawful child trafficking and different child welfare violations.
The Director of Child Improvement on the FCT Girls Affairs Secretariat, Idris Attah, confirmed the motion in an official assertion issued on Monday. He mentioned the ability was shut to permit for a radical investigation into its actions.
In keeping with the assertion, the proprietress of the orphanage, Grace Ebele Chibuzor, allegedly fled with an unspecified variety of youngsters to an unknown location with out notifying the Child Improvement Division of the FCT Girls Affairs Secretariat.
“That is to tell FCT residents and most of the people that Divine Hope Orphanage and Much less Privileged Dwelling, Kagini, Abuja, has been sealed with impact from Monday, January 5, 2026, pending the result of investigations into its actions regarding youngsters,” the assertion mentioned.
Preliminary investigations have linked the orphanage to a current case involving 4 siblings who had been allegedly taken from Ado in Nasarawa State and moved to Gwagwalada within the FCT.
The youngsters, Joefreey Kasal Asoja, 11, David Mtsewe Asoja, 7, Pleasure Elsan Asoja, 4, and Joseph Asoja, 2, had been reunited with their organic dad and mom on Monday.
Additional findings additionally revealed an alleged connection between the orphanage and Anderson Archibong, the Govt Secretary of the Nationwide Council of Child Rights Advocates of Nigeria, who’s at present at massive.
Authorities suspect that this relationship might have facilitated the unlawful motion of kids from states akin to Benue and Nasarawa into Abuja for unauthorised fostering and adoption.
Attah urged members of the general public with helpful info on the whereabouts of the lacking youngsters or suspects to report instantly to the closest safety company.
