Nigeria rescues 143 trafficking victims.

The Nigerian National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other Related offences (NAPTIP) has announced that between July and November this year it has managed to rescue 143 victims of human trafficking. Victims were rescued at airports, bus stations and in the border towns. It would seem that, despite Nigeria being a major destination country for people being trafficked from neighbouring countries, most of those rescued were Nigerian. This may be because it is easier to access help in your own country. It was noted that whilst there was a higher number of male children being trafficked within Nigeria, the opposite was true amongst those trafficked from abroad. Most of the victims were between the ages of 15 and 20.
Mrs. Carol Ndaguba, Executive Secretary of the NAPTIP, stressed that if more of the hundreds of children being trafficked into and across Nigeria are to rescued there needs to be closer co-operation amongst all agencies.