The Federal Capital Territory Administration has sealed Divine Hope Orphanage and Much less Privileged Residence in Kagini over allegations of unlawful youngster trafficking and different youngster welfare violations.
The Director of Baby Improvement on the FCT Ladies Affairs Secretariat, Idris Attah, confirmed the motion in an official assertion issued on Monday. He mentioned the ability was shut to permit for an intensive investigation into its actions.
Based on the assertion, the proprietress of the orphanage, Grace Ebele Chibuzor, allegedly fled with an unspecified variety of youngsters to an unknown location with out notifying the Baby Improvement Division of the FCT Ladies Affairs Secretariat.
“That is to tell FCT residents and most of the people that Divine Hope Orphanage and Much less Privileged Residence, Kagini, Abuja, has been sealed with impact from Monday, January 5, 2026, pending the end result of investigations into its actions regarding youngsters,” the assertion mentioned.
Preliminary investigations have linked the orphanage to a latest case involving 4 siblings who have been allegedly taken from Ado in Nasarawa State and moved to Gwagwalada within the FCT.
The kids, Joefreey Kasal Asoja, 11, David Mtsewe Asoja, 7, Pleasure Elsan Asoja, 4, and Joseph Asoja, 2, have been reunited with their organic dad and mom on Monday.
Additional findings additionally revealed an alleged connection between the orphanage and Anderson Archibong, the Govt Secretary of the Nationwide Council of Baby Rights Advocates of Nigeria, who’s at the moment at massive.
Authorities suspect that this relationship could have facilitated the unlawful motion of youngsters from states corresponding to Benue and Nasarawa into Abuja for unauthorised fostering and adoption.
Attah urged members of the general public with helpful info on the whereabouts of the lacking youngsters or suspects to report instantly to the closest safety company.
