Officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Borno State have arrested five persons, who were on their way to Libya, the state’s Comptroller of Immigration, Babayo Alkali has said.
Alkali, who said this yesterday while addressing newsmen in Maiduguri, said the five persons were nabbed by his men in Banki- Darajamal area of the state on their way to Libya en route Cameroun and Chad Republic by road. He said one of the suspects is a suspected trafficker while the remaining four are victims of human trafficking.
Alkali added that the suspected human trafficker, Chinyere Charity Nwafor, during interrogation claimed to have lived in Libya for six years and that she came home in January, 2011, for her mother’s burial.
He said when Chinyere was reminded of the fact that Nigerians resident in Libya were recently brought back because of the crisis in the country, she said the fighting did not affect the area where she stays.
The immigration boss said all five people would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) for further action.
The names of the four others are, Anthony Erochukwu, 25, Nwazuzu Ogechi, 24, Genevive Otuorgh, 30 and Ifeoma Mike, who is 18 years old.
Alkali, who said this yesterday while addressing newsmen in Maiduguri, said the five persons were nabbed by his men in Banki- Darajamal area of the state on their way to Libya en route Cameroun and Chad Republic by road. He said one of the suspects is a suspected trafficker while the remaining four are victims of human trafficking.
Alkali added that the suspected human trafficker, Chinyere Charity Nwafor, during interrogation claimed to have lived in Libya for six years and that she came home in January, 2011, for her mother’s burial.
He said when Chinyere was reminded of the fact that Nigerians resident in Libya were recently brought back because of the crisis in the country, she said the fighting did not affect the area where she stays.
The immigration boss said all five people would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) for further action.
The names of the four others are, Anthony Erochukwu, 25, Nwazuzu Ogechi, 24, Genevive Otuorgh, 30 and Ifeoma Mike, who is 18 years old.
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