The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says it has rescued 15 children allegedly trafficked across several states, recovered three diverted service rifles and dismantled a suspected telecommunications-vandalism network.
The operations were conducted by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad.
NSCDC spokesman Babawale Afolabi said the investigations covered alleged child trafficking, illegal arms sales, internal misconduct and attacks on critical infrastructure.
On the child-trafficking investigation, the Corps said it acted after receiving a petition concerning missing children from Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Investigators alleged that a suspect presented himself as connected to a supposed Back to School Project and persuaded low-income parents to release their children.
The Corps alleged that 16 children were taken in January 2026 and subsequently sold for N2 million each.
Fifteen were recovered through operations in Anambra, Imo, Enugu and other eastern transit areas, while efforts were continuing to find the remaining child.
Three alleged buyers were arrested.
The allegations and any reported confessions remain subject to judicial determination.
In a separate case, the NSCDC said investigators traced a missing AK-47 rifle to a serving officer.
The officer allegedly took the weapon from duty, moved it to Otukpo in Benue State and sold it through a middleman.
The Corps said the rifle and two empty magazines were recovered after arrests.
Another investigation in Adamawa followed an armory audit.
Two officers were accused of removing two unserviceable G3 rifles between 2018 and 2024 and selling them outside official channels.
The Corps also alleged that inventory records were altered to conceal the removals.
NSCDC said the implicated officers were in custody and internal disciplinary proceedings had been completed.
In Delta State, operatives arrested a suspect during an alleged attack on an IHS telecommunications site in Uvwie Local Government Area and recovered 12 vandalized telecom panels.
The investigation later expanded to a suspected financing and resale network linked to scrap dealers and other actors.
The Corps said financial tracing had identified suspicious transactions and that additional warrants were being pursued.
NSCDC said its legal department had been directed to prosecute arrested suspects before competent courts.
The agency stressed that all accused persons remain entitled to due process while investigations continue.
