A 37-year-old suspected female human trafficker, Gift Rita, has been arrested by operatives of the Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
Four underaged girls trafficked from Port Harcourt to Ilorin for the purpose of being used as sex slaves/prostitutes were also rescued by the defence corps.
The Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Makinde Iskil Ayinla, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesman Babawale Zaid Afolabi, and made available to newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday.
The Commandant disclosed that the state command was alerted by a concerned citizen of a suspected case of human trafficking involving four under aged girls (names withheld) with ages ranging from 15 to 16 years who were brought to Ilorin from PortHarcourt for alleged purpose of using them as sex slaves or prostitutes.