The Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) Nigeria has expressed strong condemnation regarding the recent case of child abuse involving an Abuja-based woman, Fauziya, and a 14-year-old victim of banditry, Bashariya, from Zamfara State.

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RMTIMES further conducted an online reverse search on the images that allegedly showed the kidnap kingpin in a photograph with Government officials, which turned out to be a misleading image. RMTIMES’ research led to a matching image published in 2018, when the Sokoto State Government offered an amnesty and secured a peace deal to secure some citizens held hostage.