By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja –
The Nigerian Navy (NN) has arrested two suspected human traffickers and rescued 18 victims in Rijiyar Lemu area of Kano.
The Director Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement said the rescue operation took place at about 10.00 pm on Saturday.
Commodore Ayo-Vaughan, said the rescue followed a tip off from a naval officer in the Finance and Logistics College, Dawakin Tofa, whose sister was recently trafficked through Kano enroute Libya and France.
According to him, upon receipt of the information, the college internal security team mounted a detailed reconnaissance of Rijiyar Lemu and Bachirawa areas where the victims were locked up in an uncompleted building.
He said that two of the suspected traffickers were subsequently arrested while others are on the run.
Ayo-Vaughan said that the 18 victims were rescued and taken to the college for medical examination and other necessary attention.
“The victims had been handed over to the Kano Zonal office of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for necessary action” he added.
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