Tag: Human Trafficking

“We have more of internal trafficking than external trafficking in Nigeria” — NAPTIP DG

Aminu Imam

The Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, says there is more internal trafficking than external trafficking. Waziri-Azi disclosed this on Thursday in Benin at a meeting she held with stakeholders and partners of the agency in Edo. She explained that this was because 83% of trafficking in Nigeria happened within States, within communities, and across State lines, adding that only 12% accounts for trans-border trafficking. Waziri-Azi sued for more sensitisation of the public against human trafficking, noting that there was huge ignorance…

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Police rescue seven victims of human trafficking in Katsina

Aminu Imam

Katsina State Police Command has rescued seven victims of human trafficking in Mai’adua local government area of the State. Spokesman for the Command, SP Gambo, who confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday, said that the victims were rescued following a raid on a criminal hideout at Yankara village. According to Gambo, the rescued victims were en route to Libya through the Niger Republic border. “On 20/01/2022 at about 1120hrs, based on credible intelligence, the Command raided a criminal hideout at Yankara village, Koza District, Mai’adua LGA of Katsina…

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Edo vigilante rescues 28 victims of human trafficking

Aminu Imam

A team of local vigilantes has rescued 28 victims of human trafficking in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The state coordinator, Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network, Oboh Emmanuel Otoide, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the weekend, said the victims, between the ages of 13 and 17 years, were rescued during a stop and search operation by his men. “The victims were rescued by our men around 2 a.m on Tuesday along Akpakpava Road in Benin City. Three suspects, including two drivers conveying the victims to their…

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‘Kano becoming potential endemic State for human trafficking’ – Ganduje

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has raised the alarm that his state, Kano, is fast becoming a potential endemic state for human trafficking in the country. This, according to him, was perhaps, because of its status as an emerging business hub of the country, bearing in mind the giant infrastructural investments in the areas of massive road construction, rail line resuscitation, industrialisation and rapid development of small and medium-scale industries and other amenities. Ganduje expressed hope that the situation will improve for good soon following the recent interventions of…

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Human trafficking victims to get free legal services in Ogun

Aminu Imam

Human trafficking victims to get free legal services in Ogun The Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Akingbolahan Adeniran says respite will soon come to the victims of human trafficking, as they will get free legal services through the creation of Ogun State Public Interest Law Partnership (OPILP). Adeniran, who made this revelation in Abeokuta during the fourth meeting of the State task force on Human Trafficking, added that OPILP would be partnering with private legal practitioners, to render free legal services, (Pro-Bono), to indigents and victims of human…

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Human Trafficking: NAPTIP rescues 292 Ebonyi indigenes

Ishaku Yohanna

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) at the weekend said it has rescued over 292 females and males from Ebonyi State from child labour and sexual exploitations. The Director-General of the Agency, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, made this known during the inauguration of a taskforce to prohibit human trafficking in state, which took place at the Old government house Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. She noted that the taskforce will assist the agency to clampdown offenders, especially in Ebonyi where numerous children are been abused on daily basis.…

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