The FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted 10 victims of human trafficking at the Zuba motor park in Abuja.

A statement on Monday in Abuja by Samuel Idoko, the NSCDC FCT Command spokesperson, said the rescued victims, 24 and 34 years old, comprised a male and nine females, who all claimed to be indigenes of Ondo State.

He said that on interrogation, it was discovered that the victims were being sponsored for illegal migration abroad.

”The victims were accosted at Zuba motor park, Abuja, by officers of the command, following a tip-off of their return from Minna, where they had gone to process their International passports as directed by their sponsor.

”The victims confessed to have paid N80,000 to facilitate the procurement of the International passport.

”They also confessed to being promised migration abroad to undertake ready-made jobs, especially in North Africa and Canada, by a yet-to-be-identified sponsor, who, according to them, resides in Okitipupa, Ondo State,” he said.

Mr Idoko said the victims have been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) by the NSCDC commandant, Olusola Odumosu.

“If you must travel abroad, follow the right channel that will give you rest of mind, don’t allow somebody to seize your international passport abroad, and place you under an oath that you will regret,” Mr Odumosu was quoted as saying. 

(NAN)