A 35 – year-old human trafficking kingpin, Mrs. Comfort
Innocent, has revealed that she runs an illicit business that
specializes in trafficking young and teenage girls from Nigeria to
Italy through crisis-ridden Libya for prostitution.
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Comfort who was arrested by the Police in Ogun state, said her
husband who resides in Italy, is the receiver of every batch of the
trafficked girls, adding that she has been in the trade for a long
time.
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The suspect was apprehended on December 22 in connection with
the abduction and trafficking of two under-aged girls.
Her arrest followed a report by one Oluwaseun Aduratola and
Sakirat Fasasi both residents of Siun town in Obafemi Owode Local
Government Area of the state who told the police at Owode Egba
Police station that the suspect abducted their daughters – Blessing
Aduratola, 15, and Hasisat Fasasi, 16.
The two mothers complained that the suspect was on the verge of
trafficking their teenage daughters to Italy through Libya where
they would be forced into prostitution.
The Divisional Police Officer for Owode Egba Division, Mathew
Ediae, led a team of detectives to investigate the case and
arrested the suspect.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola
Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a release, said the suspect had
admitted during an interrogation of being a human trafficker and
has been into the business for a long time.
Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), stated that
her husband who is based in Italy receives the girls while she
stays in Nigeria recruiting young girls and send them to en route
Libya.
He noted the two girls abducted were taken to Kaduna state from
where they would be transported to Libya, saying however that they
have been rescued from Kaduna by the police.
The Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has directed that the
suspect be transferred to Anti – Human Trafficking and Child Labour
Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department for further investigation.
Ajogun also appealed to parents to always be mindful of their
children’s well-being especially the female ones to save them from
those wolves in human skin.
A 35 – year-old human trafficking kingpin, Mrs. Comfort
Innocent, has revealed that she runs an illicit business that
specializes in trafficking young and teenage girls from Nigeria to
Italy through crisis-ridden Libya for prostitution.
Comfort who was arrested by the Police in Ogun state, said her
husband who resides in Italy, is the receiver of every batch of the
trafficked girls, adding that she has been in the trade for a long
time.
The suspect was apprehended on December 22 in connection with
the abduction and trafficking of two under-aged girls.
Her arrest followed a report by one Oluwaseun Aduratola and
Sakirat Fasasi both residents of Siun town in Obafemi Owode Local
Government Area of the state who told the police at Owode Egba
Police station that the suspect abducted their daughters – Blessing
Aduratola, 15, and Hasisat Fasasi, 16.
The two mothers complained that the suspect was on the verge of
trafficking their teenage daughters to Italy through Libya where
they would be forced into prostitution.
The Divisional Police Officer for Owode Egba Division, Mathew
Ediae, led a team of detectives to investigate the case and
arrested the suspect.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola
Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a release, said the suspect had
admitted during an interrogation of being a human trafficker and
has been into the business for a long time.
Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), stated that
her husband who is based in Italy receives the girls while she
stays in Nigeria recruiting young girls and send them to en route
Libya.
He noted the two girls abducted were taken to Kaduna state from
where they would be transported to Libya, saying however that they
have been rescued from Kaduna by the police.
The Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has directed that the
suspect be transferred to Anti – Human Trafficking and Child Labour
Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department for further investigation.
Ajogun also appealed to parents to always be mindful of their
children’s well-being especially the female ones to save them from
those wolves in human skin.