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Following an outcry from community members of Awka- Etiti, in Idemili South Local Government Area, (LGA), Anambra state, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has commenced manhunt of an alleged notorious human trafficker, Nkiru.
In a communique, the Director General, of NAPTIP, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi gave the order for the manhunt of the the suspect believed to be based in Ghana where she recruit victims from remote villages in Nigeria.
Waziri-Azi said Nkiru’s suspected accomplice, Nwankama Nzube, also known as Zuma, earlier arrested and released on bail for his role in facilitating the recruitment and transportation of the victim to Ghana, is currently under surveillance.
The DG said Nzube was released to assist NAPTIP in its investigation in tracing the whereabouts of the victims and their fleeing trafficker.
According to the communique, Nzube “was apprehended by the Community Vigilance of Etiti, Idemili South Local Government Area of
Anambra State and handed over to the Police on the suspicion that the victim was his girlfriend and he was the last person seen with her.
“On interrogation, the suspect admitted that the trafficker approached him at a shopping mall in Nnewi and requested for a girl that will work in her bar in Ghana, the development that prompted him to recruit the victim for her. The victim was said to have travelled with her 3-month-old boy and nothing has been heard about her since then.”
The DG assured that NAPTIP in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies will continue to work towards locating and rescuing the victim and her baby as well as track and arrest the perpetrators.
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