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.

Abdulfatai Baakini     Taofik Mustapha     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     MalHub     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Kannike     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Idi-Ape     Vasolar Consortium     Isau     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Ahmed \'Lateef     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Amos Sayo     Samuel Adedoyin     Dorcas Afeniforo     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Ghali Alaaya     Nigerian Army     IF-K     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Sulu Gambari     Kolo     Aso Ofi     Kwasu     Nigeria Customs Service     Ballah     Musa Abdullahi     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Ayodele Shittu     Ayedun     Doyin Awoyale     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Tunji Oyawoye     Abdulazeez Arowona     Jani Ibrahim     Isiaka Alikinla     Ben Duntoye     Sambo Murtala     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Adegoke Bamidele     Yakubu Shaaba     Obasanjo     Joseph Bamigboye     Afonja     Radio Kwara     Bayer AG     Temitope Ogunbanke     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Tafidan Kaiama     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Abubakar Aliagan     Monsurat Omotosho     Funmi Salau     Michael Nzwekwe     Magaji Are     Federal Polytechnic Offa     RTEAN     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Dankaka     Zainab Abass     Labour Party     Sarah Jubril     Oloyede     Taiwo Joseph     Sardauna     Lanre Issa-Onilu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Owode Market     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Monthly Sanitation     CT Ayeni     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Bola Tinubu     Osinbajo     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Village Alive Development Association     Oyun     Sunset Workers     Tayo Alao     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Aso-ofi     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     AIT Ilorin     Arinola Lawal     Tuesday Assayomo     Kayode Zubair     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Kunle Okeowo     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Bashiru Makama     Illyasu Abdullahi     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ridwan Agboola     Micheal Imoudu     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Bola Olukoju     Iponrin     Pakata Patriots     Moremi High School     National Broadcasting Commission     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Kunle Akogun     Saheed Akinwumi     KWSUED     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Shero     Saka Adeyemo     Ijakadi     Abubakar Suleiman     Ola Falade     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Hakeem Idris     RTEAN     Marufat Oladosu     Ilorin South Constituency     John Olobayo     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Manzuma     Oba-Solagberu     Kumbi Titiloye     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Hamidu Olowo     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Ahmad Lawan     Ibrahim Gambari     Yeketi     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Aso Ofi     Gbenga Olawepo     Tsado Manman     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Tunde Oyawoye     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     New Nigeria People’s Party     Tosho Yaqub     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Javed Khan