Operatives of Jigawa state command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have rescued 10 victims of human trafficking in the state.
Gatekeepers News reports that Tahir Musa, NIS comptroller while speaking to journalists on Tuesday, noted that the victims were intercepted at Tsamiyar Kwance in Babura LGA of the state on Sunday.
He noted that the victims were apprehended by the team of Operation Salama at 1 pm while en route Niger Republic.
Musa said the group, aged between 21 and 30 consisted of two males and eight females, whereby six were from Ogun state, two from Ondo state, one from Oyo state and one was an indigene of Imo state.
He said, “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.”
The comptroller said 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.
Musa added that Kemi Nandap, NIS comptroller-general has tasked the command to reduce irregular migration to the barest minimum.
He said the victims were handed over to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further action.
