The Nigerian Navy (NN) said on Monday that its personnel on Saturday, 4th February 2023 rescued 18 victims of human trafficking at about 10pm at Rijiyar Lemu in Ungogo Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State.
The Navy said, “the rescue was done sequel to a tip off from an officer in the Nigerian Navy Finance and Logistics College (NNFLC) Dawakin Tofa whose sister was being trafficked through Kano enroute Libya and France.
A statement by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore AO Ayo- Vaughan said, “Upon receipt of the information, the NNFLC internal security team swung into action.
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“The team localized Rijiyar Lemu and Bachirawa areas, where detailed reconnaissance led to the rescue of the victims who were housed in an uncompleted building.
“Furthermore, 2 of the suspected traffickers were arrested while others are at large.
“Accordingly, the victims were kept in custody of the College where medication and other necessary attention were offered”.
Also, the Kano Zonal office of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other related matters (NAPTIP) in Kano was informed.
Consequently, the suspects and victims were handed over to NAPTIP for interrogation and further necessary action on Monday 6 February 2023.
While pledging the unalloyed loyalty to the fulfilment of her constitutional mandate, the NN warned perpetrators of crimes to desist from such acts.
