The Sokoto State Police Command had rescued a female victim of human trafficking and arrested two facilitators at Illela border town.
The State’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Gumel, made this disclosure while addressing newsmen in Sokoto, the State’s capital Monday.
According to him, the action was part of the mandate of X-SQUAD quick reaction force recently launched by the command.
“It is in pursuance of this mandate, the command on Sept. 2, responded to a distress call by one of the migrants who was trapped at Illela border town to Niger Republic.
“In her statement during the call, she said that while her handler was making an effort to smuggle her across the border, she sighted a police patrol team that directed her to hide, which she complied with,” he said.
Gumel added, it was at that point she made a call to the spokesman of the command where he immediately alerted the vigilant police patrol team at Illela, who traced and rescued the victim.
He said the quick reaction force also arrested the two facilitators, one at Illela and the second one at Sokoto metropolis.
“Meanwhile, concerted efforts are ongoing to round up all the members of the cartel,” Gumel added.
The police commissioner further urged parents and guardians to always monitor the activities of their children and wards under their care.
Gumel also called on the general public to continue to support security agencies in their efforts toward addressing all forms of crimes and criminality across the state.