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Abuja Human Trafficking Ring Busted, 25 Women Rescued From Labour Trafficking To Saudi Arabia
The victims, aged between 17 and 43, were intercepted in front of a popular hotel in Wuse II, Abuja, where their traffickers had assembled them before onward movement.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Monday said its operatives had disrupted a trafficking ring in Abuja and rescued 25 women allegedly being ferried to Saudi Arabia for labour exploitation.
The victims, aged between 17 and 43, were intercepted in front of a popular hotel in Wuse II, Abuja, where their traffickers had assembled them before onward movement.
According to Vincent Adekoye, Press Officer of NAPTIP, in a statement on Monday, the women were recruited from Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina states under the promise of domestic work in Saudi Arabia. Many said they had never been to Abuja before and were stranded without any valid travel documents when rescued.
“Some people came to our village and told my parents that they would assist me to travel abroad to work as a house help in Saudi Arabia. They assured us that the job there would pay very well and that I would be able to take care of my parents and family,” one of the victims told investigators.
“They asked us to come and wait for them here so that they would give us the travel documents and the necessary instructions on how to go. They have not given us any documents, such as an international passport or visa, and we are worried because none of them is here to attend to us as they promised.”
NAPTIP Director-General, Binta Adamu Bello, who confirmed the rescue, accused a “popular travel agency” of playing a central role in the recruitment. She said a manhunt had been launched for the agency and its operators.
“I wish to alert our partners and stakeholders to the new modus operandi of a human trafficking syndicate that uses the Federal Capital Territory as a muster point for their nefarious activities,” she said.
“You will recall that a few months ago, some victims were intercepted and rescued from a hotel located close to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, just as they were about to be trafficked to some destination countries in the Middle East.”
She also issued a stern warning to the umbrella body of travel and recruitment operators — the Association of Recruiters and Licensed Placement Agency of Nigeria — to regulate its members.
She said, “Now, we have intercepted another 25 women. The sad aspect of the whole thing is that they excitedly jumped at the offer from the traffickers without knowing the harrowing experiences and the level of exploitation that awaited them in the destination country.
“Well, the good news is that we have successfully disrupted this trafficking process, and we are closing in on the agency whose name features prominently in the whole thing.
“Let me use this medium to call on the umbrella body of the travel agencies, the Association of Recruiters and Licensed Placement Agency of Nigeria, and other regulatory bodies to rise to their responsibility of regulating the activities of their members.”
“The mindless exploitation of victims of human trafficking in those destination countries remains a source of serious concern to NAPTIP, so this scenario must stop,” the NAPTIP boss added.
The agency said the latest operation was part of renewed surveillance and intelligence monitoring in major state capitals after reports of increased recruitment from remote villages for human trafficking.
Source: Sahara Reporters