The Jigawa state command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says its operatives have rescued 10 persons suspected to be victims of human trafficking in the state.
Tahir Musa, the NIS comptroller, told journalists on Tuesday that the victims were intercepted on Sunday at Tsamiyar Kwance in Babura LGA of the state.
He noted that the victims were apprehended by the team of Operation Salama at 1 pm while en route Niger Republic.
He said the group, aged between 21 and 30, consisted of two males and eight females — six from Ogun state, two from Ondo state, one from Oyo state, and an indigene of Imo state.
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“Upon their interception at Tsamiyar Kwance and subsequent profiling and interrogation, they confessed to us that they were moved from different locations to Kano State, then to Babura on their way to Niger Republic en route Tripoli in Libya,” he said.
Musa claimed that their goal was to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya into Europe.
He advised parents to safeguard their children and protect them from being lured by false promises of a better life abroad.
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He said Kemi Nandap, the NIS comptroller-general, has tasked the command to reduce irregular migration to the barest minimum.
The victims were handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further action.
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