The operatives of the Nigerian Immigration Service, (NIS) Ilela border command, Sokoto have arrested a 25-year-old, Rukaya Hassan, who
The operatives of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Ilela border command, Sokoto have arrested a 25-year-old, Rukaya Hassan, who attempted to traffic two underage girls across the border to the Niger Republic.
Abdullahi said that the victims had been handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for further investigations.He said that the operation was a swift response to the morale-boosting charge of the new Comptroller of Immigration , Mrs. Kemi Nandap. “She claimed they were handed over to her by one woman in Sokoto, named Maman Adnan, who paid for their transport to Niger.
Abdullahi said that during further examination, the two teenagers, Nabila Ibrahim, 17 years and her sister, Zainab Ibrahim, 15 years old, said they hail from Zuru LGA in Kebbi State.“According to them, they were going to Niger to resume work in a certain restaurant of which they didn’t know the owner, but their parents approved of their trip.
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