Eighteen-year-old Faith Joseph, on Thursday, narrated how she refused to engage in prostitution in Mali after traffickers tricked her into believing that she was going to work in a supermarket in Lagos. Joseph said she was working as a maid in Afuze, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, when she was offered a…
Mercy Olugbenga, a lady who was deceived and trafficked Libya, has stated that she suffered terrible abuse and dehumanization while working for a family as a maid. In an interview with Arise TV, Olugbenga said she was locked up for a year, dehumanized, and secretly used for blood transfusions without her consent. She said, “I…
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Katsina State Command, have arrested three suspected members of an inter-state human trafficking syndicate that specialise in the recruitment and trafficking of young girls from other parts of the country to the north for sexual exploitation. The three suspected traffickers were arrested…
The investigation into the interception of 59 minors suspected of being trafficked from Kano to Nasarawa State has taken an unexpected turn as Senator Sumaila Kawu, representing Kano South Senatorial District, intervened to halt the probe. The minors, aged between four and 12, were intercepted on January 6 by police operatives along the Abuja-Kano route….
