Okah-Donli, who is also the Executive Chairman of Roost Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation, made the call in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
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The new appointment was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Tuesday
The investigators were drawn from NAPTIP, including its zonal offices across the country, to gain wider knowledge that would capture all the strategies and methods used by perpetrators of the heinous crime.
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli disclosed this on Monday in Enugu, during the training of stakeholders and members of state task forces on human trafficking in the South East.
The DG disclosed this on Monday, in Abuja at the opening session of a five-day training workshop on “Building Capacity for Preventing and Responding to Gender Based Violence in Africa.”
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli, in her welcome address at the training in Lagos on Monday, described the establishment of the taskforce as a giant feat, in spite of the post COVID-19 challenges.
Julie Okah-Donli, the Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, gave the advice in a statement on Friday in Abuja by the Public Relations Officer of the agency, Adekoye Vincent.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the task force is chaired by the Oyo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Oyelowo Oyewo.
The suspects are Cecilia-Ugbaku Onyema, a staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Ihezuo Chinonso, Federal Ministry of Finance; Okasi Ekeoma; an Harrieth Nmezi, both businesswomen.
The Journalists International Forum For Migration, through its President, Ajibola Abayomi, relayed the message after an exclusive encounter with the victims through a statement on Friday and called for speedy rescue action from the government
In a citation uploaded in the Agency’s website and social media handles, NAPTIP said Okunbo had remained a formidable individual in partnering the Agency by committing personal resources into the fight against the illicit business of human trafficking and illegal migration
Trafficking in Persons is a billion dollar illicit business fuelled by the high demand and supply in the value chain of modern day slavery. Majority of the victims of Human Trafficking are coerced into exploitative sex trade which includes prostitution, pornography and sodomy.
This was confirmed by a statement by the Agency on Friday
Okah-Donli said this while answering questions from newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday
The names and photographs of the sex offenders were released by the Director General of the Agency, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, on Saturday
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Friday said it had recorded over 30 cases of human violence during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown.
The NAPTIP Lagos Zonal Commander, Daniel Atokolo, at the parade of the suspect in Lagos, said he was arrested on May 12 in his residence in Lagos
This offence is contrary to the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015
Barely two months after the rescue of the much publicised victim of trafficking from Lebanon, the operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons have rescued two Nigerian trafficked victims from Beirut, the capital City of Lebanon.
The 37-year-old man who, as at the time of filing this report, could not believe the reality of the judgment as delivered by Justice Hassan Babangida of the FCT High Court 32, was convicted under the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, which is applicable within the Federal Capital Territory