Dec. 12, 2024

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, has received 10 rescued victims of human trafficking.

The agency’s Zonal Commander, Mr Abdullahi Babale, said this on Thursday in Kano while receiving the victims from the Nigeria Police Force, Kano State Command.

He said that the victims were rescued on Dec. 7 at about 2.40 p.m. in a house situated at Rijiyar Lemu Quarters in Kano by a team of policemen,
led by CSP Bala Shuaibu.

Babale added that the rescued victims, aged between 22 and 42, comprise six females and four males, explaining that “they were on their way to Libya for forced labour and exploitation.

“The rescued victims are from Delta, Edo, Osun, Ogun and Lagos states.”

The zonal commander commended the Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Mr Salman Dogo-Garba, for his support and cooperation towards rescuing the victims.

He said that the victims would be counselled and rehabilitated before reuniting them with their families, while urging parents to protect their children from being exploited and
lured into slavery in the name of seeking for greener pastures.

He urged the public to report suspicious cases of human trafficking in their respective communities. (NAN)