NAPTIP rescues 25 women from trafficking syndicate in Abuja.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 25 women in Abuja from suspected human traffickers who were preparing to move them to Saudi Arabia. 

NAPTIP’s Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, confirmed that the victims, aged 17 to 43, were intercepted in front of a popular hotel in Wuse II, where traffickers had gathered them for onward transportation, noting that they were recruited from Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina states with promises of lucrative domestic work abroad.

NAPTIP's Director-General, Binta Adamu Bello, who also confirmed the rescue, linked a “popular travel agency” to the operation. 

She also said that a manhunt has been launched for the agency and its operators, while warning the Association of Recruiters and Licensed Placement Agency of Nigeria to regulate its members, stressing that trafficking victims often suffer extreme exploitation abroad.

The NAPTIP boss added that the agency has intensified surveillance and intelligence monitoring in major cities following reports of rising recruitment from rural communities for human trafficking, saying that the agency's operation has disrupted this trafficking process, and they are closing in on the agency responsible.

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