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The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), on Saturday evening received 66 trafficked Nigerians from Ghana.
According to reports noted that the 66 trafficked Nigerians arrived Seme-Krake Joint Border Post office of immigration at about 4.00.p.m.
Among others were 59 women including children and seven young men among the 66 returnees.
Speaking with newsmen shortly after, Comptroller Abdullahi Adamu, the Area Controller of Seme command of NIS, said the rescued efforts were in collaboration with the High Commissioner in Ghana.
“The rescue mission was our collaborative efforts from here to Ghana, our Attache in Ghana with the assistance of the High Commissioner in Ghana.
“They assisted us in apprehending these people and then they returned them to us. Now, from here will hand them over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), from where they will find their way back to their different destinations.
“They are 66 in number, male and female,” he said. The controller said that NIS was working and collaborating with the Ghanaian government to stop human traffickers.
Adamu said the operation was a testament to commitment of the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nana, in combating smuggling of migrants, human trafficking and protection of vulnerable migrants.
The delegate from Ghana, Mr Kpeli Kofi, a Detective Chief Inspector, Interpol Unit, said they rescued the trafficked Nigerians through collaborative efforts with anti-human trafficking unit of Ghana criminal investigation department.
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