has arrested two suspected human traffickers and rescued nine suspected
victims in the state.
The command comptroller, Joshua Ajisafe, who confirmed the
development in a statement said that the arrest was achieved through an
intelligence reports by the command provost.
The suspected traffickers are identified as 29 years old Deborah
Adewunmi and Moriliya Ibrahim, 29. The rescued victims are minor age
ranging from nine months to eleven years old Indigines of Ogun state.
“They started their journey from Lagos to Kano, Kano-Katsina with the
mission to travel to Libya without travel documents “ He said
Mr. Ajisafe further noted that the suspected traffickers intended to
meet one Mustapha Ibrahim residing in Agadez to facilitate their journey
to Libya.
“The claimed to have no money to feed themselves and the children, no
transport money to move further from Katsina. Their attitude and
behaviour resembles that of the child traffickers/child Labour “ He
added.
The traffickers and their suspected victims were handed over to NAPTIP Zonal Office Kano for further investigation.
