“My Father Said His Friend Had a Supermarket Job for Me in Baghdad” – Human Trafficking Victim Rescued at Abuja Airport Reveals

One of the 24 sufferers rescued via way of means of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has found out that her father deceived her into being trafficked.

The organisation additionally arrested 5 suspected human traffickers at some stage in the 6-hour raid on the airport.

The sufferer claimed that she turned into advised via way of means of her father that his buddy had a process for her at a grocery store in Baghdad, and turned into definitely satisfied she turned into going to higher her existence till her rescue via way of means of NAPTIP. 

“My father advised me that his buddy has a process for me at a grocery store in Baghdad. He did now no longer inform me that it's miles in Iraq," she narrated.

“I recognize that Iraq isn't always an amazing area to paintings for now because of the disaster there, however I did now no longer recognize that Baghdad is in Iraq. I thank the DG and her officials for rescuing me.

Director-General of NAPTIP, Binta Bello, who led a high-powered unique operation group to the airport following a tip-off, found out that the various suspected human traffickers arrested turned into a retired senior uniformed officer with one of the important regulation enforcement companies in Nigeria, who's speculated to be a distinguished member of the trafficking syndicate running inside the South West place of Nigeria.