The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Abuja has thwarted the trafficking of 10 individuals, allegedly targeted for unlawful migration overseas.
Intercepted at Zuba motor park, Abuja, the victims, aged between 24 and 34, including one male and nine females, claimed Ondo State as their place of origin.
Acting on a tip-off, NSCDC officers from the FCT Command halted their journey upon their return from Minna, Niger State, where they had been processing passports as directed by their sponsor.
The victims confessed to being enticed with promises of lucrative jobs in North Africa and Canada by an unidentified sponsor from Okitipupa, Ondo State.
While handing over the 10 suspected victims to the Nigeria Agency for the prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP), the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, warned Nigerians on the dangers of illegal migration abroad.
He said: “Be careful of the types of people that are promising you a better future abroad, don’t be desperate because, some of them end up ruining your lives .
“They deceive you and collect huge sums of money from you that there are ready made jobs, whereas, you may end up in slavery or forced to be sex workers.
“If you must travel abroad, follow the right channel that’ll give you rest of mind, don’t allow somebody to seize your international passport abroad, and place you under an oath that you’ll regret.”
The Commandant further stated that, the victims were handed over to NAPTIP being the agency in charge of human trafficking to carry out further investigations and actions within the ambit of the law.
