The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has handed over 52 suspected victims of human trafficking to the Zamfara State Government after they were intercepted en route to Abuja for mining work.
The individuals from Anka and Talata-Mafara local government areas were arrested by the Nigerian Army before being transferred to the Department of State Services (DSS) for investigation. The suspected organiser, identified as Bilyaminu, remains in DSS custody.
The Executive Secretary of the Zamfara State Substance Abuse Control and Prohibition of Human Trafficking Agency, Ishaq Anka, said the victims were lured with promises of paid labour.
“You can see their condition. They don’t have money; they don’t have anything. Though we are in the fasting period, I sympathise with them because they feed once a day, only taking water,” Anka said.
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