Kano State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) said it had rescued 10 victims of human trafficking on their way to Niger Republic for labour exploitation.
Zonal Coordinator of the Command, Barr. Abdullahi Babale, who stated this on Friday said: “The Agency in collaboration with the Joint Border Task Force, rescued the 10 victims.
“The victims were recruited from Kogi, Delta, Kwara, Oyo, Ondo, Lagos, Ogun and Osun states.”
He added that the rescued victims were between the ages of 9 and 28 years while two of them were males and 8 females.
He stressed that they were currently undergoing counselling in a shelter, while efforts were being made to unite them with their families.
