10 job seekers lured from Ghana, locked up in Ogun building
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has rescued ten victims who were allegedly lured from Ghana with job promises and subsequently locked up in a building in Ogun State. The rescued victims, three females and seven males, are Frank Adjei (45) Emmanuel Agyapong (50), Adam Zakari, (33), Benjamin Etuah […]
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has rescued ten victims who were allegedly lured from Ghana with job promises and subsequently locked up in a building in Ogun State.
The rescued victims, three females and seven males, are Frank Adjei (45) Emmanuel Agyapong (50), Adam Zakari, (33), Benjamin Etuah (20), Asamoah Kwaku (53), Yusuf Kasim (27), Ogunle Damola (32), Gift Dzakpasu (21), Susana Ampons (35) and Anita Otaibu.
The corps said its operatives acted on credible intelligence, found out that one Anita Otaibu, was promised employment in Nigeria but upon arrival, confined in a three-bedroom apartment located in the Oke-Sioni area, opposite Comfort Zone Hotel in Mowe, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area.
She was held alongside others, denied freedom of movement, and prohibited from communicating with the outside world.
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In a statement issued by the State Commander of the So-Safe Corps, Commander Soji Ganzallo, the corps said the Owode-Egba Zonal Command, led by Assistant Commander of Corps Rasaki Jimoh, was immediately mobilised to respond to the situation following an intelligence.
“On April 20, 2025, at about 10 am, a joint operation involving the So-Safe Corps and the Nigeria Police Force, Redeemed Division, successfully stormed the premises and rescued the victims,” the statement said.
The team also apprehended a Nigerian man who served as the building’s security guard.
Ganzallo noted that all rescued individuals had been handed over to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution.