Nigeria Immigration Service nabs 4 human traffickers, rescues 38 victims in Katsina
Operatives of the Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service have nabbed four suspected human traffickers and rescued 38 of their suspected victims.
The Command’s Comptroller, Mr. Ajisafe Joshua Olusola disclosed this on Wednesday while parading a set of nine suspected victims of the activities of the traffickers in the state.
“From 7th February, 2018 to date the Command has successfully intercepted a total number of four suspected traffickers, three males and one female, also rescued are thirty-eight suspected victims of human trafficking of which nineteen were females and nineteen males,” Olusola said.
“As you can see before you, these nine rescued suspected victims will be handed over to our service headquarters Abuja for further investigation.
“The suspects were between the age of twenty-one and fourth-three years and most of them hailed from different states of the federation, three suspected victims from Ogun State, one from Abia, one from Oyo, one from Imo State, one from Edo, one from Osun State and one from Enugu State respectively.
“I would like to use this opportunity to call on the public to assist the Nigeria Immigration Service with vital information about human trafficking and child labour activities in the state. This information would assist the Nigeria Immigration Service in fighting and preventing this menace in the country,” he added.
