A couple, Godday and Ebere Samuel, have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for human trafficking.
According to information available to The Eagle Online, the couple were arrested by policemen on October 17, 2022.
The suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Atan Ota Divisional Police Headquarters by one Adeniji Okikiolu, that his 16 years old daughter, Maria Adeniji, suddenly disappeared from home on October 16 2022.
Okikiolu told police operatives that as a search party was organised to look for Maria, he was informed by someone that the missing girl was seen with Ebere the previous day.
Upon the information, Ebere was invited to the station, but she vehemently denied ever seeing the missing girl on or before that day.
Not satisfied with her plea of alibi, she was subsequently detained at the station.
Surprisingly, when her husband was contacted, Godday confessed to have taken the missing Maria to somewhere in Lagos State for onward transportation to Burkina Faso, where she will be engaged as a maid to one of their associates.
According to the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, preliminary investigation revealed that the couple had been into the business of human trafficking for sometime now and that their accomplices are in Burkina Faso.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
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