Container full of 'slave' kids

2005-03-07 13:29

Lagos, Nigeria - Nigerian police found more than 60 children packed into a shipping container in Lagos, and a police spokesman said Monday it was believed they were to be sold as slaves or servants.

A woman accompanying the children was arrested after the discovery of the 60 or 70 boys and girls aged five to 14 on Sunday. The children were in a container normally used for carrying fish, said Nigerian police spokesperson Emmanuel Ighodalo from Abuja, the capital.

"We are trying to find out what they would be doing with children aged five to 14," said Ighodalo. "We are thinking maybe they are using them for slaves and house boys."

- AP