National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has revealed that parents, especially mothers are greatly involved in human trafficking cases in Oyo State.
Gatekeepers News reports that head of NAPTIP, Oyo State Office, Augustine Akanya made the revelation at a town hall meeting on Wednesday.
Akanya noted that approximately 80% of human trafficking cases he has handled in the state involve parental involvement.
The agency boss urged parents and stakeholders to take immediate action to combat this menace.
He said, “Our role is to tackle human trafficking and violence against persons. Domestic and international trafficking. In almost 80 per cent of cases of human trafficking that I have treated in the state, parents are involved. We have seen situation where mother send the child to Libya, and the father is not aware.”
“The role of parents in human trafficking is enormous. We should think about it. Let me talk about Middle East, Lebanon, Oman, Libya. Do you know that Nigeria does not have an embassy in Oman? I don’t know what is wrong with us. Our life is even better than some countries.”
“Parents are playing major role in this problem. Let us ask questions, let us be concerned about ourselves. Many of them, it is the parents that helped them to borrow money from financial institutions.”
“We encouraged parents to not to allow human trafficking in the state anymore. If you want to travel, go with necessary documents. Save travelling is better.”
