By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse –
No fewer than four female victims of human trafficking have been rescued by The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Jigawa.
Addressing newsmen in Dutse on Friday, The Comptroller, Mr Isma’il Abba, revealed that the victims were rescued on Thursday at Gurai village in Babura LGA of the state.
Abba said the victims were rescued by the personnel of the Service operating on Kazaure-Babura-Ringim axis.
He said the victims aged between 16 and 33 were rescued on their way to Tripoli, Libya enroute Jigawa/Katsina border.
The Service, he said, arrested a suspected collaborator of the trafficked victims, adding that preliminary investigation indicated that the victims hailed from Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Ogun and Osun States.
He said the victims would be handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).