National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has received 78 rescued human trafficking victims with a pledge to commenced a manhunt for their traffickers.
Director General of the agency Binta Adamu Bello, who disclosed this in Lagos while receiving the victims from Côte D’ d’Ivoir says the Agency shall employ all available means and strategies to arrest and prosecute members of the organized human trafficking syndicate responsible for the recruitment and trafficking of Nigerian girls for sundry exploitation anywhere around the world.
A statement by NAPTIP, Press Officer, Adekoye Vincent says the fit was achieved with support from partners in Nigeria and Abidjan.
Operatives of NAPTIP had few weeks ago arrested two high-profile individuals mentioned by some of the victims, as their traffickers. They were arrested inside their high-wired mansion located within one of the sprawling estates in Lugbe Area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
According to the statement, a total of 78 victims comprising 75 females adults with age ranging from 13 to 30 years, three Babies, two male adults and about four of them, mostly the underage ones, were pregnant.
