NIS APPREHENDS NINE SUSPECTED VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Airport Command, Lagos have apprehended Nine girls in the process of being trafficked. The girls were picked up at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on their way to Lebanon, Cairo, Dubai and India.

A statement by the Service'Public Relations Officer, Sunday James indicates that upon interrogation, four of the girls claimed to be travelling to take up employment without knowing their employers or the nature of jobs.

Two others claimed to be visiting, but later confessed to be seeking greener pastures in Dubai, while the remaining two claimed to be India-bound purportedly for treatment of "yellow fever" and without referrals.

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service Muhammad Babandede is therefore calling on parents to be wary of juicy offers to take their children abroad for various reasons, which often end up in exploitation or death.

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