Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - The Lagos State
Police Command has rescued 27 foreigners who were allegedly trafficked and held
hostage in an apartment in the Isheri Oshun area of the state.
Spokesperson of the command, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this
during a press briefing on Monday, March 10, 2025, said preliminary
investigations revealed that the victims had been lured into the country under
the false pretence of securing jobs.
According to the PPRO, a distress call was received by the Complaint
Response Unit from one of the victims, who reported that she and others were
held against their will and were not allowed to leave the apartment.
Hundeyin added that the Divisional Police Officer in the area was
immediately contacted, and efforts were thereafter made to rescue them from the
apartment
“Somebody reached out to the Complaint Response Unit of the Lagos Police
Command and complained that she had been kidnapped in an apartment and not
allowed to leave the apartment. The CRU contacted the Divisional Police Officer
covering the area and raced to the place and upon getting to the apartment and
breaking into it, a total number of 27 foreigners were found in the apartment.”
The rescued individuals comprised 18 males and nine females, some of
whom are Ghanaians and others from the Republic of Benin.
“We are
currently investigating whether Lagos was their final destination or if they
were being trafficked to another country. However, they are now safe and, in
our custody,” Hundeyin added
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