The Nigerian Immigration Service has recently rescued seven victims of human trafficking.
According to the state comptroller, Ismail Baba, seven young women ranging from age 16 to 27 were waylaid on May 5 at Gurai village in Babura Local Government Area of the state on their way to Libya at 3 pm.
“It has become necessary to inform you about the intended trafficking of persons. The victims were apprehended at Gurai village on Babura Road; they were on their way to Tripoli in Libya”.
“The victims were apprehended at about 1500hrs on May 5 by Operation Salama Team A of the NIS, Jigawa State Command, operating along Kazaure, Babura and Ringim axis,” He said.
Mr Baba added that two of the victims had blank Nigerian International Passports, one with an unendorsed ECOWAS certificate, while others had no travelling papers.
