By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has intercepted 10 suspected victims of human trafficking, purportedly being sponsored for illegal migration abroad.
This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by CSC Samuel A. Idoko, CDPRO FCT.
It said the victims were accosted at Zuba motor park, Abuja, by officers of the command, following a tip off on their return from Minna, Niger State, where they had gone to process their International passport as directed by their sponsor.
The victims whose age bracket was between 24 and 34 years, consisted of one (1) male and (nine) 9 females, and all claimed to be indigenes of Ondo State.
It was gathered that each of them paid eighty (80) thousand naira to facilitate the procurement of the International passport.
They also confessed to being promised migration abroad to undertake ready made jobs, especially in North Africa and Canada by a yet to be identified sponsor who according to them, resides in okitipupa, Ondo state.
While handing over the ten (10) suspected victims to the Nigeria Agency for the prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP), the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, warned Nigerians on the dangers of illegal migration abroad.
“Be careful of the types of people that are promising you a better future abroad, don’t be desperate because, some of them end up ruining your lives .
“They deceive you and collect huge sums of money from you that there are ready made jobs, whereas, you may end up in slavery or forced to be sex workers.
“If you must travel abroad, follow the right channel that’ll give you rest of mind, don’t allow somebody to seize your international passport abroad, and place you under an oath that you’ll regret,” he warned.
The Commandant further stated that, the victims were handed over to NAPTIP being the agency in charge of human trafficking to carry out further investigations and actions within the ambit of the law.
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