BBC (Kaduna) - Officers of the Special Anti-trafficking squad of the Nigerian Police Force on Thursday rescued 105 children crammed in a 15-seater bus.

The children whose ages were between 5 and 13,  according to the anti-trafficking agents, would have been “abused and molested”. They were found after a routine traffic stop in Kaduna on their way from Kano State.

The children were piled on top of each other “like sardines” say officials.

It is the largest number of trafficked children the authorities have rescued in one incident since efforts began to stop the trade in 2003.

Three men arrested with the children said they were taking them to a school in Suleja, 400kms away in Niger state, to learn the Koran.

But officials doubt the story as there are plenty of legitimate Islamic schools in Kano, they say.

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