Immigration Parades 8 Victims of Human Trafficking in Kano

Kano State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Kano State on Tuesday paraded eight victims of human trafficking who came from Edo and Delta States enroute Kano to Niger Republic to Libya to Italy in search of greener posture abroad.

Parading the victims who were all females, the state Commandant of the NIS, Alhaji Ishag Yusuf, said his men were on the trail of both the agents who are Nigeriens and the victims since they received intelligence report concerning their movement until their arrival in Kano where they fall into the dragnet of the command.

Yusuf said although the agents have run away and abandoned the victims, the command would extend the long arms of the law and apprehend them where ever is their hideout.

The Kano immigration boss faulted parents for not  taking their parental obligations seriously thereby allowing their wards to take inappropriate decision in life.

"It will interest you to know that it is some of the parents that are even encouraging their Children to leave this Country with the belief that their lives would be better while in the foreign country," he said.

Yusuf said it is not true that some of these Countries are better than Nigeria most atimes victims are only dehumanised and reduced to Sex Machines that is if they arrived their target  destinations safely.

He said in a situation where by they failed to make it to Europe, they would be abandoned in the Niger, Libya, Mali deserts and met their untimely death.

"Therefore the Kano Command will no longer allow the state to serve as a trasit state, we will do our best to enlighten victims, we are in  touch with NAPTIP an agency responsible for fight against human trafficking we will asked them to train the victims on various vocational trades of their choice for them to be on their feets"

“I believe with good skills  they will have economic engagement but greener posture with unskilled labour will only amount to waste of  human beings.and that is why they are  being raped, enslaved and subjected to inhuman condition”.

In an interview with one of the victims who did not want her name to be  in print described the situation they found themselves in as very pathetic.

They added that the agents deceived them to part them with lump sum of Money amounting to One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (150, 000 ) each and would balance them Six million Naira dollar equivalent when in Italy.