The Ogun state police command says it has arrested a 35-year-old woman who specializes in human trafficking, Comfort Innocent.
According to a statement by the command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the woman was arrested on December 22 following tip off that she was a courier of teenage girls for her Italian based Nigerian husband.
The police statement reads: “The arrest of the suspect followed a report by one Oluwaseun Aduratola and one Sakirat Fasasi, both residents of Siun town in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state, who reported at Owode Egba police station that the suspect abducted their daughters, namely Blessing Aduratola (15) and Hasisat Fasasi (16).
“They further explained that the suspect, who is a notorious human trafficker, was about taking the two girls to Libya where they will be forced into prostitution.
“On the strength of the report, the DPO Owode Egba Division, CSP Matthew Ediae, swung into action with his detectives and through intelligence-driven investigation, they succeeded in arresting the suspect.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed being a human trafficker and that she has been into the business for a long time.
“She confessed further that her husband is based in Italy while she stays in Nigeria, recruiting young girls she sends to her husband in Italy en route Libya where they will use them for prostitution.”
The statement said the two girls she recently abducted were taken to Kaduna state in preparation for their transportation to Libya, but were rescued by the police there.