A 56year-old carpenter Mr Babatunde Oluwasola has been arrested by the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for human trafficking.
A statement by the spokesperson of the command, Aidamenbor Daniel said the carpenter from Osun-state but resides in Akure recruited 3 girls from Akure to Libya sometime around April 2023.
The statement added that, Mr Babatunde got the one of the girls with the help of oners Dada Fowowe a reader in the State.
The statement reads in part “Mr Babatunde Oluwasola a.k.a ‘Osanle’, 56years, Carpenter from Osun-state but resides in Akure recruited 3 girls from Akure to Libya sometimes around April 2023.
“He got one of them with the help of Mrs Dada Fowowe a.k.a Iya Alaso, 47years, trader from Ondo-State.
“The victims who traveled through the desert to Libya called Mr Babatunde through the agent that received them two weeks after their departure from Akure, Ondo state to intimate him of their arrival at Libya.
“The victim a 15years old girl until her departure lived with her parents in Akure, she had left without telling anyone about her journey, it is upon her arrival at Libya where she discovered that the situation she got wasn’t what she bargained for, hence she had to reached out to her father who had been looking for her, for help and the father in return reported the case to NSCDC Ondo State Command.
“The suspects already made confessional statements and after our investigation, the case will be transferred to NAPTIP for further actions.”
