Wednesday, April 2, 2025 - Operatives at the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have detained a syndicate for allegedly trafficking girls from Nigeria to Mauritania for prostitution and s3xual exploitation.
The Zonal Public Relations Officer, CSP Umma Ayuba, confirmed
this in a statement on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Lagos.
She said the syndicate was apprehended on March 22 at the
command in the Meiran area of the state.
"Operatives of the Zonal Intelligence Response Squad,
led by SP Francis Kpoughul, stormed their base where two suspects were
apprehended,” Ayuba said.
The ZPRO stated that the suspects confessed to the crime.
“The first suspect said she was introduced to a woman based
in Mauritania by another woman, who has been prosecuted for the same offence
and is currently serving a jail term,” he stated.
“She said the woman in Mauritania contracted her to recruit
young girls below the age of 22 to be used as s3x workers there.”
She added that she received N50,000 as a commission for each
girl sent to Mauritania.
"She confessed that, among the girls she recruited, was
her 19-year-old daughter. She also admitted to receiving over N500,000 from the
woman in Mauritania.”
The ZPRO stated that her accomplice, the second suspect,
admitted to being contracted by the first suspect to recruit girls as domestic
staff in Mauritania.
"She said that, upon further questioning, she
discovered the girls were to be used as s3x workers and decided to withdraw
from the business.
"She added that the only girl she sent to the first
suspect was rejected due to her age and body size. That was when she realised
something was wrong," Ayuba said
According to the ZPRO, the investigation
is ongoing, and the suspects will be charged in court upon completion.
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