Human trafficking: NAPTIP rescues 164 victims in 5 months in Kano

The National Agency for the
Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
and other Related Matters (NAPTIP),
Kano Zonal Command, said it had
rescued no fewer than 164 victims of
human trafficking in the zone in the
past five months.
NAPTIP commander in charge of the
zone comprising Kano,Kaduna,
Jigawa,Katsina and Bauchi states, Mr
Shehu Umar, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kano that
114 of those rescued were females.
Umar said in one of their important
operations, the command rescued 10
victims of human trafficking in a
house at Kudundumau village, Abuja.
He said they were rescued following a
report of abduction case by Kano State
Hisbah Board to the Zonal command,
on May 12.
“The state Hisbah Board transferred a
case of abduction, where a girl was
taken to a house, popularly known as
Two Star House in Kudundumau
village at Asokoro extension, Abuja.
“Upon the receipt of the case, we went
to Abuja for further investigation and
were able to rescue 10 female victims
and arrested nine youths in
connection with the case.” he said.
According to him, six of the victims
are from Kano, two from Kaduna
while the remaining two are from
Nasarawa and Bauchi states.
He said the victims had since been
reunited with their families while the
house which was being used as a
brothel, had been sealed off.
Umar said the command had
successfully prosecuted five culprits of
human trafficking, out of which four
were among the nine suspects arrested
in Kudundumau village.
He said the command, in
collaboration with a non-
governmental organisation, Prisoners
Rahabilitation and Welfare Action
(PRAWA), had planned to train 30
victims on various trades to enable
them sustain themselves.
“The training will be conducted in two
segment,s after which the trainees will
be empowered,” he said. (NAN)