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.

Saka Balikis Kehinde     Offa     Air Peace     Onikijipa     Minister     Umar Saro     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Aro Yahaya     Hassan A. Saliu     Hussein Oloyede     Kwara South     Kayode Zubair     Shehu Jimoh     Jaiz Bank     Esinrogunjo     Royal FM     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Alfa Yahaya Road     Erubu     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Kwara     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Dogara     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Garba Ado Sanni     Kayode Issa     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Ridwan Agboola     Playing Host     Tunji Moronfoye     Kishira     Oke-Odo     Lanre Aremu     Awili Pedro     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Jumoke Gafar     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Aremu Bose Deborah     Hassanat Bello     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Summit University     Amos Bajeh     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Ahmed Bayero     Oko-Erin     Eleyele     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Erubu Oba Zubair     Musa Yeketi     Cornelius Adebayo     Senate Presidency     Shagari     Adijat Adebiyi     Isiaq Khadeejah     Oke-Ogun     Agboola Babatunde     New Model Police Station     Agbarigidoma     Femi Ogunsola     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Baakini     Nurudeen Mohammed     Oya State     Oloje     Okiki     Irepodun     Azeez Salawu     Modibbo Kawu     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Sai Kayi     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Tunde Oyawoye     Abdulkareem Alabi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Buari Edun     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Oke-Ode     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Awodun     GRA     AbdulHamid Adi     2017 Budget     Ilorin Amusement Park     Olatinwo     Suleiman Abubakar     Osi     Sola Saraki University     Ita-Ore     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Rex Olawoye     Iyaloja-General     National Information Technology Development Agency     Maryam Ado Bayero     AGF Abdulrazaq     Peculiar Allowance     Suleiman Ajadi     Micheal Imoudu     Olatunde Olukoya     Kayode Alabi     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Jimoh Akani     Ayobami Akanbi     Oyedepo     Shehu Jimoh     Oluranti Idowu     Hakeem Idris     Issa Baba     Sodiya     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Jimoh Bashir     Abubakar Suleiman     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Seed Technologies     Funmilayo Zubair     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Ahmad Ali     Asa LGEA School     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Cornelius Adebayo     Musbau A. Akanji     Balikis Jawondo     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Ilota     Aremu Odolaye     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     IFK     Hassanat Bello     Damilola Yusuf     Ajibike Katibi     Christopher Odetunde     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Onikijipa     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Baba Isale     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Ayinde Oki     Kazeem Adekanye     Segun Olawoyin     Logun     Kwara Liberation Group     Umaru Saro     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Atiku     Ola Falade     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     John Olajide Adedipe