The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a thirty-five year-old woman, Comfort Innocent, for allegedly attempting to traffic two underage girls to Libya for prostitution.
The
Spokesperson for the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident to
newsmen on Monday.
Oyeyemi said
Comfort was arrested following a complaint by the mothers of the victims, Mrs
Oluwaseun Adurotola and Sakirat Fasasi, over the abduction of 15-year-old
Blessing Adurotola and Hasisat Fasasi, 16.
He said
parents of the victims had lodged a complaint at the Owode Egba Police Station,
alleging that the suspect had abducted their daughters and was about taking
them to Libya where they will be forced into prostitution. The Police spokesman
disclosed that the suspect confessed to have been recruiting young girls for
prostitution in connivance with her husband, who is based in Italy.
“On
interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a human trafficker and that she
has been into the business for a long time.
“She further
revealed that her victims were being sent to her husband based in Italy for
prostitution while confessing that the two girls had been taken to Kaduna State
for onward journey to Libya.
The two
victims have been rescued from Kaduna by the police.” He said.
Opeyemi also
revealed that the suspect would be transferred to the anti-human trafficking
and child labour unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department on the order of the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo
Ajogun.
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