Human Trafficking: Police rescue 10 teenage girls, arrest 2 suspects

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has rescued 10 teenage girls, who were allegedly being trafficked to some West African countries for prostitution. The Lagos Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin , confirmed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the success of the operation.

“The girls were brought by the suspects from Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Ogun and Benin Republic,” Hundeyin said. Some of the girls, who spoke to newsmen during the briefing, said they were promised lucrative jobs in some West African countries. The suspect claimed he always paid 1,000 CFA Franc to get each girl across the Benin Republic Border, while he paid N1,000 to Nigeria Immigration officials to take the water route.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.

Managing Director of Abuja-based Alliance Hospital, Dr. Christopher Otabor, has been barred from traveling outside Nigeria by Justice Keziah Ogbonnaya, of Federal Capital Territory, , High Court over a case of alleged organ, , harvest. The 52-year-old Dr. Otabor and three staff of his hospital, Alliance Hospital, were before the court on charges of organ…

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