Nigeria Faces U.S. Indictment for Trafficking and Child Soldiers

The United States government has charged Nigeria with failing to meet minimum standards for trafficking elimination, citing corruption, official complicity, and inadequate prosecution of complicit officials. It listed Nigeria among 14 countries recruiting child soldiers and placed the nation on the Child Soldiers Prevention Act, CSPA, list alongside Afghanistan, Burma, Central African Republic, D.

A month-old baby girl was sold for N2m in Oyo, with her mother arrested. The U.S. also alleged that Nigeria did not prohibit worker-paid recruitment fees, hold labor recruiters civilly or criminally liable for fraud, or provide specialized training for labor inspectors on child labor and human trafficking.