Police nab suspected human trafficker in Kaduna
The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives arrested one Bulus Danladi, a suspected human trafficker.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest on Sunday in Kaduna.
Mr Hassan said, “On March 1, at about 0900hrs a complaint was lodged by Mrs Jummai Danjuma and two others in Katari area in Kachia Local Government Area of the state. They said on February 27, the arrested suspect, Bulus Danladi of Ankwa area in Kachia LGA, trafficked five youths from Katari to Eruku in Kwara with intent to work in a factory. On reaching there, the suspect carried the youth to a farm in Eruku where he abandoned them and returned to Katari.”
Mr Hassan said out of the five youth trafficked to Kwara three had returned home and reunited with their parents.
He added that efforts to trace the remaining two were going on.
The command spokesman said the suspect would be prosecuted after a full investigation.
(NAN)
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