Delta state police confirm arrest of 11-year-old girl traffícking hârd drûgs

The Delta Police Command has confirmed that an 11-year-old girl recently arrested by officers at the Ekpan Police Division was being used to traffic hard drugs.

This follows widespread outrage on social media after an X user identified as Kat (#Living_JustCus) claimed the child was unlawfully detained and denied contact with her family.

She further alleged that she was forced to pay ₦500,000 to secure the minor’s release after the girl was arrested alongside adult suspects found with drugs in a commercial tricycle.

Responding to the allegations, the police initially called on Kat to provide evidence to back her claims.

However, in an update posted on Friday via his official X handle, Command spokesperson, Bright Edafe, confirmed the child had indeed been arrested and had made confessional statements.

According to Edafe, preliminary investigations revealed that the girl was knowingly involved in drug trafficking.

He said the minor confessed to handling drugs and claimed she was being used by a woman she called her “mummy” to transport narcotics, believing her young age would help avoid police detection.

Edafe said,

“A woman whom the little girl identified as her mummy sent her to move drugs thinking she wouldn’t be searched being a little girl. The little girl herself identified the drugs as Molly, Csc codeine, and black diamond.

“When she was asked how long she had been helping the woman the little girl said she started last week. But what shocked me the most in her video confession is how she knows the names of these dangerous drugs at just 11 years old.

“If I am lying, let them come and prove me wrong. Perhaps the embarrassing video might just be published for all to see.”