He said the victims will undergo counselling and rehabilitation before being reunited with their families
One suspect, identified as Mohammed Saleh, 45, was arrested in connection with the case.
Mr Babale said the 22 arrested suspects comprised 8 males and 14 females.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Kano zonal command, has received 10 rescued victims of human trafficking.
Mr Babale said, “The rescued victims are from Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Cross River and Ekiti states.’’
Mr Babale said the defendant lured the eight-year-old girl of Brigade Gama Nassarawa Local Government into a quiet place at Murtala Market and molested her.
“Out of the 51 victims, two are from Niger Republic, while others were from Kano, Katsina, Yobe and Jigawa states,” he said.
The victims were recruited from Oyo, Osun, Kogi, Ondo, Ekiti, Lagos and Ogun states.
The victims, aged between 19 and 55 years, were being taken to Libya for labour exploitation.
The victims, aged between 9 and 28 years, were recruited from Kogi, Delta, Kwara, Oyo, Ondo, Lagos, Ogun and Osun states.
