3 suspected traffickers nabbed in Abuja as NAPTIP rescues 19 women

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested three suspected human traffickers and rescued 19 women including eight minors all of them from Kano State. A release from NAPTIP said all the victims were being processed for an onward trip to Saudi Arabia for suspected domestic work. It […]

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested three suspected human traffickers and rescued 19 women including eight minors all of them from Kano State. A release from NAPTIP said all the victims were being processed for an onward trip to Saudi Arabia for suspected domestic work.

It listed the suspects arrested as: Hamisu Ibrahim, Sanusi Usman and Sabiu Sule, all said to be officials of Kabo Travel and Tours Ltd, based in Kano.

The victims were said to have been rescued from the VFS TasHeel International’s office, Central Business Area Abuja where their agents had taken them for data capture before their onward journey to Saudi Arabia. Other suspects working with Halal Travel and Tours Ltd, who were also part of the facilitators of the trip, are still at large, and investigation into the case is ongoing.

The arrests and rescue came at the heels of increased reports of exploitation of Nigerians who had gone to seek employment as domestic employees in Saudi Arabia and other countries.

The Director-General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, reiterated her resolve to prevent young Nigerians seeking employment outside the shores of Nigeria from being exploited and promised that the suspects would be prosecuted after due investigation.