Nigeria, June 4 -- Two suspected child traffickers have been arrested after residents and security operatives foiled the attempted abduction of three children in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

The incident occurred on Wednesday evening on the Ekparakwa-Ekpene Ukpa Road in Ikot Ekpaw, a community at the centre of recent kidnapping incidents.

The police confirmed the incident in a statement, adding that three children were rescued with two suspects arrested.

The father of two of the victims, Itoro Ekpoudo, told PREMIUM TIMES that his seven-year-old and three-year-old sons were returning home from an evening lesson around 7 p.m. when they were accosted by occupants of a minibus.

According to him, the suspects attemp...