The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps announced on Monday that it had apprehended two individuals, Babatunde Oluwasola and Dada Fowowe, "for their alleged involvement in human trafficking," according to the command's spokesman, Mr. Daniel Aidamenbor.
Aidamenbor stated, "Babatunde Oluwasola a.k.a Osanle, 56 years, a carpenter from Osun State but resides in Akure, recruited three girls from Akure to Libya sometime around April 2023. He got one of them with the help of Dada Fowowe a.k.a Iya Alaso, 47, a trader from Ondo State."
The victims, who embarked on the journey through the desert to Libya, contacted Babatunde after two weeks of leaving Akure, Ondo State, to inform him of their arrival in Libya.
One of the victims, a 15-year-old girl who had lived with her parents in Akure until her departure, had left without informing anyone of her journey.
It was only upon her arrival in Libya that she realized the situation was not as expected.
Aidamenbor mentioned that the suspects had already made confessional statements and that, following the investigation, the case would be transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for further action.
