Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, on Monday, arrested two persons, Babatunde Oluwasola and Dada Fowowe, for allegedly being involved in human trafficking.
The Informant247 gathered the suspects were said to be allegedly involved in recruiting three young girls to travel to Libya in April this year.
According to Daniel Aidamenbor, the spokesman for the command, the suspects were arrested in Akure and Ondo towns.
Aidamenbor said, ” Oluwasola, a.k.a ‘Osanle’, 56 years, a carpenter from Osun-state but resides in Akure, recruited three girls from Akure to Libya sometime around April 2023.
“He got one of them with the help of Mrs Dada Fowowe, a.k.a Iya Alaso, 47 years, a trader from Ondo-State. The victims who travelled through the desert to Libya called Mr Babatunde through the agent that received them two weeks after they departed from Akure, Ondo State, to inform him of their arrival in Libya.
“The victim, a 15years old girl, lived with her parents in Akure; she had left without telling anyone about her journey; it is upon her arrival in Libya where she discovered that the situation she got wasn’t what she bargained for; hence, she had to reached out to her father who had been looking for her, for help and the father in return reported the case to NSCDC Ondo State Command.”
The spokesperson, however, said that the suspects had already made confessional statements while adding that after the investigation, the case would be transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for further action.