“The defendant’s wife left her child with her cousin who lives in the same village while she went to work on the said date.”
The NIS boss said six victims were from Benue, while two were from Abia and Ebonyi states.
The Benin Division of the Edo State High Court sentenced Ms Osaigbovo, 62, to 12 years and a fine of N24 million for human trafficking.
Humanitarian affairs minister Betta Edu has called for inter-ministerial collaboration to address illegal migration and human trafficking.
The corps commander, Usman Alfadarai, said the motel was raided at about 11.53 a.m. on Aug. 11.
He had drugged and kidnapped the orphan from Akpabuyo Local Government Area and took her somewhere in Esuk Utan in Calabar Municipality.
“Marriage does not stop anyone from getting educated,” Mr Yerima said when told that marrying underage girls violates their rights to education.
Of the 126 evacuees, three are students, while 23 are children.
The NAPTIP boss said financial greed had pushed some parents into compromising their wards to organ harvesting syndicates.
The agency’s director-general, Fatima Waziri-Azi, said this in a statement.
