BENIN— A 40-year-antique lady, Mrs Halimatu Omoruyi Osifo, has been arrested through the Benin Zonal Command of the countrywide company for the Prohibition of Trafficking in individuals, NAPTIP, over allegations of human trafficking.
Mrs Osifo, who hails from Igbanke however is living in Ugboko village, in Orhionwon local authorities region of Edo state, turned into arrested with the aid of operatives of NAPTIP, with the aid of officials of the Nigerian protection and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The suspect turned into stated to have recruited two ladies, elderly 18 and 20, promising them lucrative paintings outdoor the united states.
however, the suspect sent the two girls to her daughter called Blessing, alias Stella, who's primarily based in Togo for prostitution.
in line with a statement by way of NAPTIP’s spokesman, Mr. Nduka Nwanwenne, “as soon as they arrived Togo, Blessing procured skimpy attire and added them into prostitution and amassed their income.
“Exhausted by using the ordeals of prostitution, one of the girls, threw within the towel and stated ‘i can not prostitute again; in the event that they need to kill me, i'm geared up to die’.
“The women had to conceal some of their profits to get away before being rescued by using NAPTIP.”
Reacting, the Director general of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, said the organisation is poised to smoke out human traffickers anywhere they perhaps in Nigeria.
She warned traffickers no longer handiest to relocate out of Nigeria, however give up their illicit agencies, adding that the company is already collecting intelligence in endemic communities in Nigeria with a purpose to getting traffickers out of commercial enterprise.
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