Actor Stanley Ontop Accuses NAPTIP of Child Trafficking From Delta to Kano

|By Oko-Echem Agnes

Nollywood actor and activist, Stanley Ontop, has accused the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) of illegally trafficking children from Delta State to Kano.

Ontop, in a series of Instagram posts on Tuesday, alleged that on Sunday, June 15, 2025, some NAPTIP officials stormed Happy Home Orphanage in Asaba with a white Hummer bus around 2 p.m. and took away eight children aged 13 to 17 without proper documentation.

The actor claimed the children were later transported to Kano, where their names were allegedly changed to Muslim names, and they were forced to practice Islam. “If they refuse, they are flogged like illegal refugees,” Ontop alleged.

The Chairman of Happy Home Orphanage, Christopher Nwokoye, corroborated the claim in a viral video. According to him, he discovered a handwritten note left behind by the officials, but when he reported the matter to the D Division police station, officers denied knowledge of the operation.

Nwokoye further stated that when he visited NAPTIP’s office at the Federal Secretariat in Oka, the head of duties disowned the operation, insisting it originated from NAPTIP’s Kano office.

The allegations have sparked outrage among activists in Delta State, while calls for government intervention and clarification continue to mount.