The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Philip Ogbadu, who disclosed this to newsmen in Benin on Friday, said the victims were rescued following an intelligence report.He said the victims, who were rescued on Thursday, included six girls and a male, who were allegedly billed to be trafficked to Cote d’Ivoire and Libya.He said that the girls, who disguised as Muslims by wearing hijab, were intercepted by the police at Isihor police check-point, Benin City, on the Benin-Lagos highway.
“It is a case of trafficking. They will be handed over to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person for rehabilitation,” he said.One of the victims later confirmed to newsmen that the journey was arranged by her sister for someone in Libya.
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