Terry Ikponmwosa, a 31-year-old man has narrated how he was sold four times by human traffickers in Nigeria before he could get to Libya en route to Europe, where he hoped for a good life. Ikponmwosa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Benin, said he was taken
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Thursday said it apprehended no fewer than 116 human traffickers and rescued 1,489 victims in four years. The Zonal Commander in charge of Kano, Mr Shehu Umar, made this known in an interview in Kano. Umar said that the command received 1,516 cases which […]
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has started investigation on the human traffickers arrested on January 28. The traffickers were arrested by officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Seme border in Lagos state. An officer in the Press and Public Relations Department of the agency, […]
The Katsina state command of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) 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
A Germany-based Migration Enlightenment Project Nigeria (MEPN), has called on those planning to migrate to seek independent information so that they do not fall easy prey to the deceit of human traffickers. MEPN, a Nigerian Diaspora initiative, in a statement issued recently to mark this year’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons, said irregular migration […]
Some victims of human trafficking in Benin City, the Edo State capital, have vowed to take their pound of flesh from their traffickers who lured them from their parents, with the promise to give them decent jobs in Italy and other parts of Europe. The victims, who would not want their names in print, for […]
Operatives of Lagos state Rapid respond squad (RRS) have apprehended two people suspected to be human- traffickers while trying to transport some of their victims out of the state through Ivory-coast. According to report, the traffickers were apprehended in Lagos commercial city at about the hour of 10.05. The suspect, Martha Edea, 30, a mother […]