14 Victims Of Trafficking Rescued, 3 Suspects Arrested

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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) has secured the arrest of three suspected human traffickers and rescued fourteen victims of human trafficking.

The suspects, two
females- Evelyn Jerry, 27, Stephen Rebecca, 30, and Mr. Richard
Patrick, 38, were intercepted in Lokoja, Kogi state.

The fourteen
victims, aged between 3 and 13 years, and comprising of 9 females and 5
males, were crammed into an eight-seater Seat Alhambra Sedan.

They were taken from Riyom LGA of Plateau state, and on their way to Ekpoma, Edo State before they were intercepted and rescued.

The
suspects, who are from the same town with the victims, confessed that
they were taking the children to Ekpoma where they would be distributed
to various households, for labour purposes.

They claimed that
the parents of the fourteen children gave them consent to take the
children and send them to various households for domestic labour.

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