POLICE ARREST WOMAN OVER ABDUCTION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, RESCUE TEENAGE GIRLS
Operatives of the Ogun State police command have arrested a 35-year-old human trafficker, Comfort Innocent over abduction and attempted trafficking of two under-aged girls.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi said that the suspect was apprehended following a report by one Oluwaseun Aduratola and one Sakirat Fasasi, who reside at Siun town in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state, that Ms Innocent abducted their daughters namely Blessing Aduratola 15 and Hasisat Fasasi 16.
They further explained that the suspect who is a notorious human trafficker is about taking the two girls to Libya where they will be forced into prostitution.
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The police spokesperson added that following this, the Divisional Police Officer, Owode Egba division Mathew Ediae swung into action with his detectives, and through intelligence-driven investigation, they succeeded in arresting the suspect.
According to the PPRO, the suspect confessed to the crime, adding that she has been into the trafficking business for a long time.
“She confessed further that her husband is based in Italy while she stays in Nigeria recruiting young girls and sending them to her husband in Italy en route Libya where they will be used as prostitutes.
“Concerning the two girls she recently abducted, she confessed that the two of them had been taken to Kaduna State from where they will be transported to Libya,” the police spokesperson explained.
The PPRO stated that the girls have been rescued from Kaduna State by the police.
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