Actor Stanley Ontop Accuses NAPTIP of Kidnapping, Religious Conversion of Delta Orphans

Nollywood actor and activist, Stanley Ontop, has accused the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) of abducting children from an orphanage in Delta State and relocating them to Kano, where they were allegedly forced into religious conversion.

Ontop made the allegation in a series of Instagram posts on Tuesday, claiming that on June 15, 2025, NAPTIP officials stormed the Happy Home Orphanage in Asaba with a white Hummer bus and took away eight children aged between 13 and 17 without presenting official documentation.

He alleged that the children were later renamed with Muslim identities, coerced into attending mosques, and compelled to study the Qur’an under threat of flogging.

“The government, women affairs ministry, and even the first lady have remained silent,” the actor wrote. “They packed 8 children to the North, changed their names, and forced them into a religion against their will. If they decline, they are beaten like refugees. Nothing has happened?”

In a viral video, the chairman of Happy Home Orphanage, Christopher Nwokoye, corroborated the account. He said he was absent during the raid but later found a note allegedly left by the officials.

“When I checked the paper, I saw NAPTIP officials Oka written there. I rushed to D Division police, but they confirmed no officers were deployed. The following morning, I went to NAPTIP’s office at the Federal Secretariat in Oka. Their head of duties told me the note wasn’t from them, that it came from Kano,” Nwokoye stated.

Neither NAPTIP nor relevant government officials have publicly responded to the allegations at the time of reporting. The claims have sparked widespread concern on social media, with calls for urgent investigation into the matter.