30 human trafficking victims, made up of twelve males and eighteen females, have been rescued at a hideout in Mai’adua, a border town with the Niger Republic.
The victims who are between 24 and 41 years of age, are from Edo, Imo, Osun, Ogun, Lagos, Delta, Benue, Ekiti, Enugu and Cross Rivers States.
The spokesman of the Police Command in the State, Gambo Isah, said that the kidnapped victims were on their way to the Niger Republic, en-route Libya to Europe.
He said that efforts are being intensified, to arrest their agents, and other members of the trafficking syndicates.
The police spokesman while parading some suspects also said that , 25-year-old Bara’u Dauda and Idi Tinau of Jargaba village in the Bakori Local Government Area,were suspected notorious bandits, arrested in connection with the murder of a businessman, Ibrahim Jargaba, and the abduction of his 2 children.
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According to Isah, a land deal disagreement led to the initially planned abduction of the deceased, before he was shot dead, after he recognised one of the 10 bandits that stormed his house at night.
The 25-year-old suspect, Bara’u Dauda, while speaking to newsmen, did not deny the crime.
He promised to cooperate with the police, to ensure that the deceased’s abducted 2 children are rescued, as 2 AK 47 and some ammunition were recovered from them.
Similarly, another suspected kidnapper, 25-year-old Mikailu Ilyas, was arrested for allegedly threatening one Dahiru Usman, demanded ten million Naira, or he risks being abducted.
(Edited by : Tunde Orebiyi)
