The Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted in Abuja 10 suspected victims of human trafficking, purportedly being sponsored for unlawful migration overseas.

The victims had been accosted at Zuba motor park, Abuja, by officers of the FCT Command of the NSCDC, following a tip off on their return from Minna, Niger State, the place they’d gone to course of their worldwide passport as directed by their sponsor.

The victims, whose ages bracket had been between 24 and 34 years, consisted of a male and 9 females, and all claimed to be indigenes of Ondo State.

It was gathered that every of them paid N80,000 to facilitate the procurement of the Worldwide passport.

In keeping with a press release on Monday by the spokesman of the FCT Command of the NSCDC, Samuel Idoko, the intercepted individuals additionally confessed to being promised migration overseas to undertake prepared made jobs, particularly in North Africa and Canada by a but to be recognized sponsor who in accordance with them, resides in Okitipupa, Ondo state.

Whereas handing over the ten suspected victims to the Nigeria Company for the prohibition of Trafficking in Particular person (NAPTIP), the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, warned Nigerians on the risks of unlawful migration overseas.

He mentioned: “Watch out of the kinds of individuals which can be promising you a greater future overseas, don’t be determined as a result of, a few of them find yourself ruining your lives.

“They deceive you and acquire enormous sums of cash from you that there are prepared made jobs, whereas, chances are you’ll find yourself in slavery or compelled to be intercourse staff.

“When you should journey overseas, observe the appropriate channel that’ll provide you with remainder of thoughts, don’t permit anyone to grab your worldwide passport overseas, and place you beneath an oath that you just’ll remorse.”

The Commandant additional acknowledged that, the victims had been handed over to NAPTIP being the company in command of human trafficking to hold out additional investigations and actions throughout the ambit of the legislation.