The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has handed over 11 victims of human trafficking to the Ringim Local Government Council of Jigawa.

While handing over the victims at a meeting in Dutse on Sunday, the NAPTIP commander in the state, Abdulkadir Turajo, said they were rescued by the agency’s operatives in Lokoja town of Kogi State.

Mr Turajo, represented by Yunusa Mohammed, the command’s head of operations, said the victims, all males aged seven to 15, are from the Tsaba, Kunkurawa, and Tsabare villages of Ringim LGA.

He said the handover was facilitated by the Jigawa State Ministry for Local Government and Community Development.

The commander appreciated the Ringim council and ministry for local government for their prompt response that facilitated the quick reintegration of the victims with their respective families.

Mr Turajo further reiterated the agency’s readiness to combat human trafficking through victim identification, rescue, and reunification across the country.

The chairman of Ringim Council, Badamasi Garba, commended NAPTIP for rescuing the children.

Mr Garba, represented by the council’s director of personnel management, Idana Isah, pledged effective reintegration and rehabilitation of all the children, and to prevent future occurrences

(NAN)