NAPTIP Rescues 100 Victims of Human Trafficking, Arrest 20 Suspects



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NAPTIP Rescues 100 Victims of Human Trafficking, Arrest 20 Suspects

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Offences (NAPTIP), Sokoto Zonal Command, today announced that it had rescued more than 100 victims of human trafficking and arrested 20 suspects from January to date.

According to the Zonal Commander, Hassan Tahir, who disclosed this to some journalists in Sokoto, the agency secured four convictions within this period with some cases still pending in court.
"We made a history as for the first time, as we secured three conviction in one single day, making it four conviction within the month of May. We are hoping the number will increase before the year runs out," he said.

He explained that NAPTIP in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime Control (UNODC) and WOTCLEF trained and supported four victims with fund to start businesses in the zone.
He commended the National Assembly for repealing NAPTIP act which now stipulates severe punishment for traffickers.
"This was why some traffickers were sentenced to few months imprisonment but the punishment is from five years and above," he explained.
He decried lack of cooperation from the public and witnesses as well as inadequate funding which he said hindered their operations in the zone.

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