The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other Related Matters NAPTIP has reunited no fewer than 22 survivors of Human Trafficking with their families in Sokoto State.
NAPTIP’s Zonal Commander, Sokoto Command Abubakar Bashiru disclosed this while briefing Newsmen at the reunion in Sokoto.
He said the survivors were intercepted at Niger Republic and handed over to NAPTIP by the Nigerian Immigration Service on August 30.
Basharu therefore urged parents and guardians to ensure proper monitoring and counseling of their children in order not to be easily lured into embarking on such dangerous journey.
He assured that the agency would continue to track activities of the perpetrators with the support of the survivors and ensure they were prosecuted for the act.
Responding, the President General of Yoruba Community, Sokoto James Olurunfemi described the situation as disheartening.
