The agency also arrested the hotel manager during the operation, which followed credible intelligence from concerned stakeholders who noticed unusual movements of young girls and strange men in the facility.
In a press statement on Sunday, NAPTIP’s Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, said the operation was part of intensified efforts to crack down on human trafficking networks using Abuja’s airport as a transit point.
He recalled that in the past few months, NAPTIP had intercepted no fewer than 60 suspected victims of human trafficking at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, who were being taken to volatile and war-torn countries in the Middle East.
A detailed profiling of the rescued victims revealed that six of them were recruited from Lagos, while one was from Delta State.
The victims were deceived with false promises of caregiving jobs in Baghdad, only to later realise they were being trafficked to Iraq.
The statement in parts, “This hotel has been identified as a gathering point for trafficked victims before they are moved to their final destinations. We will not tolerate such activities and will ensure that all those involved face the full wrath of the law.” He said.
Tearfully Recounting her experience, one of the victims said, “They told me I would work as a house help in Baghdad and earn a good salary every month. I believed them because I thought Baghdad was in another country. They never told me I was going to Iraq”.
Speaking on the development, Director-General of NAPTIP, Binta Adamu Bello, OON, expressed concern over the role of some service providers in aiding human trafficking and warned that the agency would invoke relevant laws to prosecute offenders.
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