Posted by The victims were saved by the command’s soldiers on Sunday, according to Mr. Ahmed Bagari, the state’s NIS Comptroller, who spoke to reporters in Dutse on Monday.
The victims were retrieved at around 6:30 p.m., according to Bagari, who was represented by DCI Muhammad Yako, in Babura town, the seat of the state’s Babura Local Government Area.
He explained that the victims, who ranged in age from 20 to 35, were stopped while traveling from the Niger Republic to Libya.
The victims, who are a man and five girls, are from the states of Oyo and Nasarawa, the comptroller stated.
He claims that none of the rescued victims had any kind of travel documentation, and during questioning, nothing incriminating had been discovered on them.
“The victims were found on Sunday, January 1, 2023 when they were traveling from Libya to the Niger Republic. Only one of the fatalities is from Nasarawa State; the victims are made up of five girls and one man who were from Oyo state, he said.
The victims, identified by the comptroller as Olalekan A. Alabi, 35, Kehinde Adetunde, 26, Afolabi Ajibola, 24, Adedoyin Adetoji, 20, Olawuyi Mose Bolatimoyo, 35, and Blessing John, 22, were rescued from a syndicate’s holding facility in an unfinished structure in Babura town.
He continued by saying that Mr. Idris Jere, the NIS Comptroller-General, has ordered that the victims be given to NAPTIP, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, for further action.