Eighty-three human trafficking victims in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital have been rescued by the Oyo State Police Command comprising of 57 males and 26 females, including an infant.
Penpushing reports that the Command Public Relations Officer Adewale Osifeso, made this known explaining that investigation into the incident was ongoing, promising to update the public accordingly.
The anonymous sources, however, disclosed that the victims were rescued from a residential building in Orogun area of Ibadan, where they had allegedly been held for an undisclosed period.
Penpushing further reports that the source, said the victims, believed to be nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo, were allegedly brought to Nigeria under the false pretence of securing employment opportunities.
Meanwhile, the source, equally alleged that the traffickers extorted large sums of money in United States Dollars from the victims’ parents and relatives as part of an elaborate and deceitful scheme.
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