Kwara govt reacts to video showing trafficked indigene in Lebanon

Date: 2020-01-11

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State has condemned the rising trend of human trafficking in the country and vowed to deal with anyone caught in the state according to the dictates of the law.

Abdulrazaq gave the condemnation, on Friday, in Ilorin in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, in reaction to video footage which featured one Ms Ajayi Omolola, a victim of human trafficking in Lebanon.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Omolola, whose parents live in Ilorin, was tricked into travelling to Lebanon in the guise of engaging her as an English tutor.

NAN also reports that instead of employing Omolola as a tutor, she was being used as a slave.

"The governor condemns this development in the strongest terms possible and has immediately linked up with the security agencies to get to the root of the matter.

"We are glad to announce that three suspects, comprising two Nigerians and the Lebanese referred to in the footage, have been arrested in connection with the case and the suspects are being interrogated.

"Apart from Ms Ajayi, discreet investigations by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, in Kwara State have revealed that there are at least 28 other victims of this horrible trafficking gang.

"The governor is concerned that fellow human beings are engaging in another round of slavery despite the horror and unquantifiable loss of the 20th Century," the statement said.

It urged residents to be bold to report any such activity they might know of in their neighborhood.

"He also calls for the highest penalty for anyone caught in the activity, no matter their class in the society, to deter others from engaging in it," the statement added. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mohammed Saidu     Abdulazeez Uthman     AGF Abdulrazaq     Nigerian Correctional Service     Fola Consultant     Tuesday Assayomo     Adebayo Salami     Bashir Adigun     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Bamidele Adegoke     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Borgu     Hauwa Nuru     ASMAU PLAZA     BIR     UITH     Funmilayo Oniwa     Abraham Ojo     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Ubandawaki     Magaji Erubu     Wale Oladepo     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Maigidasanma     Mashood Dauda     Bature Bello     Biliaminu Aliu     College Of Health     ASKOMP     Oniyangi     Abraysports FC     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Azeez Bello     Shuaib Jawondo     HYPPADEC     Aliyu Adebayo     Metro Park     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Agboola Babatunde     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Titus Ashaolu     Olusegun Adeniyi     Alimi     Olofa Of Offa     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     CT Ayeni     Yakubu Gobir     Ahmed Dankaya     Illyasu Abdullahi     Hausa     Idris Garuba     Sarakite     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Oluwole Dupe     Ahman Patigi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Mubarak Oladosu     Turaki     Akanbi-Oke     Femi Oladiji     Abdulwahab Oba     Haliru Yahaya     Garba Ado Sanni     Akeem Lawal     Simon Sayomi     AGM Professional Services     Ogbondoroko     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Chief Imam Of Offa     Jani Ibrahim     Kunle Akogun     Ita-Ore     Ibraheem Abdullateef    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Adeniyi Ojo     Aliyu Adebayo     Garba Ado Sanni     Mahe Abdulkadir     Titus Ashaolu     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Wale Oladepo     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     New Naira Notes     Yakub Lai Gobir     Olayinka Olaogun     Oniwa     Toyosi Thomas     Asa LGEA School     Onilu     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Hamid Bobboyi     Tunji Folami     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Ajayi Okasanmi     Suleiman Mora Omar     Jawondo     Musa Aibinu     Kwara North     Sadiq Buhari     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Bola Shagaya     Quareeb Islamic Association     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Shagari     Owu Fall     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Atiku Abubakar     NTA Ilorin     Kayode Ogunlowo     Olatunji Bamgbola     Pilgrims Board     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Gamji Members Association     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Oke-Ero     ITEM 7     Simeon Ajibola     Baaziki Sulaiman     Ramadhan     Saba Jibril     Offa Poly     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Makama Of Kaiama     Binta Abubakar Mora     James Kolo     Hajj     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Oloriegbe     Afonja     MMWG     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Funmilayo Zubair     Hassanat Bello     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Ijagbo     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Rex Olawoye     Kolawole Akande     Ilorin South Constituency     Yahaya Muhammad     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Folorunsho Erubu     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Bureau Of Lands     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Oniye     Rebecca Bake     Ogbondoroko     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro