The operatives of the Nigerian Immigration Service, (NIS) Ilela border command, Sokoto have arrested a 25-year-old, Rukaya Hassan, who attempted to traffic two underage girls across the border to the Niger Republic.
The Command Public Relations Officer (CPRO), Mohammed Abdullahi, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
Abdullahi said that the victims had been handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further investigations.
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He said that the operation was a swift response to the morale-boosting charge of the new Comptroller of Immigration (CGI), Mrs. Kemi Nandap.
According to him, during interrogation, the young lady who resides in the Giribshi area of Sokoto confessed that she did not know the two young girls she was travelling with to Niger.
“She claimed they were handed over to her by one woman in Sokoto, named Maman Adnan, who paid for their transport to Niger.
“She also claimed the woman…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
