Ten young men from different states of Nigeria on the way to Libya have been rescued by the police from a house in Kano.
The 10 rescued victims of human trafficking were hand over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command on Thursday.
While receiving the victims from the police, NAPTIP’s Zonal Commander, Mr Abdullahi Babale, said the victims were rescued on Dec. 7 at about 2.40 p.m. in a house situated at Rijiyar Lemu Quarters in Kano by a team of policemen, led by CSP Bala Shuaibu.
Babale added that the rescued victims, aged between 22 and 42, comprised six females and four males, explaining that “they were on their way to Libya for labour exploitation.
“The rescued victims are from Delta, Edo, Osun, Ogun,and Lagos states.”
The zonal commander commended the Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Mr Salman Dogo-Garba, for his support and cooperation toward rescuing the victims.
He said that the victims would be counselled and rehabilitated before reuniting them with their families and urged parents to protect their children from being exploited and lured into slavery in the name of seeking for greener pasture.
He urged the public to report suspicious cases of human trafficking in their respective communities.
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