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The Executive Secretary of NAPTIP, Beatrice Jedy Agbam said this on Thursday.
Agbam said children from the state are regularly trafficked to other parts of the country
“The Agency is currently running a 13-week radio programme in Benin-City tagged ‘NAPTIP half hour’, aimed at educating the public on human trafficking and other related offences
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters wants the Delta State Government to be tough on human traffickers.
He said that the NAPTIP had reunited 297 victims with their families.
He, however, said that 18 victims had yet to be reunited with their families due to various reasons
According to Jedy-Agba, the perpetrators of child trafficking are abusing adoption process, using unsuspecting victims for forced labour and prostitution
Malam Aliyu Kalli, the agency’s Head of Public Enlightenment in the zone, told reporters in Kano on Wednesday that the agency recorded 32 cases of human trafficking, child labour and child abuse within the period
The Benin Zonal Commander of the agency, Cordelia Ebinringa, said this at a capacity building workshop for law enforcement agencies on modern trend and pattern of human trafficking and child labour in Benin, Edo State