A 40 year old human trafficker,
Halimatu Omoruyi Osifo has been arrested by operatives of the National Agency
for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Benin City, the Edo
State Capital.
The suspect recruited two victims
through one Maxwell who is presently at large and sent them to her daughter,
Blessing (Alias Stella) who is in Togo to engage them in exploitative
prostitution.
Luck ran out on the suspect when the
two girls who were forced into prostitution by Blessing from the first day of their
arrival in Togo escaped after working for few days for her. All the proceeds of
their prostitution were collected from them by Blessing.
Osifo, a native of Igbanke town
resides at Ugboko Village in Orhiohwon Local Government of Edo State from where
she was arrested
The Victims are presently at the
NAPTIP shelter while the suspect is in the Agency’s custody making useful
statements.
The Director-General Julie Okah-Donli
who is pleased with the development has directed the investigations Department
to do everything possible to fish out all those involved in the trafficking of
the girls. She said that the Agency has zero tolerance for trafficking.
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