Benue State House of Assembly has urged security agencies to conduct an investigation into the rising cases of missing children.
The call was made during a motion by Hon Douglas Akya (APC/Makurdi South) during plenary on Thursday in Makurdi, the state capital.
He said seven children were abducted in Makurdi in September
He said the criminal acts had devastating effects on the physical, psychological, and emotional well-being of children and undermined the security of the state.
Akya noted that Nigeria is a signatory to several international and regional conventions against child trafficking, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.