Two Suspected Traffickers Arrested As Another Set Of 164 Nigerians Return From Libya

Two Suspected Traffickers Arrested As Another Set Of 164 Nigerians Return From Libya

This morning, two suspected human traffickers were apprehended for
trafficking some Nigerians to Libya with the promise of taking them to
Europe.

The suspects (named withheld) were apprehended after they were
identified by their victims during the profiling of 164 Nigerians who
voluntarily returned from the volatile North African country.  

Ibrahim Farinloye, a spokesperson for the National Emergency
Management Agency, South West Zone, confirmed the development to newsmen
in Lagos saying the suspected traffickers have been handed over to
officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons for further investigation.  

According to him, the two men were among the new batch of 164
returnees who arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos about 12.15am on Friday. He said the
Nigerians were brought by the International Organisation for Migration
(IOM) and the European Union (EU) under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees
Programme that would end in April 2020.  

Farinloye said, “The returnees were brought onboard a chartered Al
Burag Airline Boeing 737-800 aircraft with registration number 5A-DMG.
Upon profiling, the returnees consisted of 71 female adults, 17 female
children and six female infants.

There were also 55 male adults 13 male children and two male infants.
Among them were three returnees with medical cases and a pregnant woman
who was in labour upon arrival in Nigeria.”