The Nigeria Immigration Service has rescued 18 suspected victims of human trafficking in Kano metropolis.
The Service Assistant Comptroller in the state, A T Yayaji, confirmed the development to newsmen today in Kano.
He said personnel of the service rescued the victims on April 26th, at Zaria Road and Kurna/Rijiyar Lemo along Kano-Katsina Road.
According to Yayaji, the victims aged between 21 and 43, comprising four males and 14 females were intercepted while on their way to Libya through Niger Republic for greener pasture.
He said the victims hailed from Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Enugu, Lagos and Delta States, adding that they had been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP to be reunited with their families after counselling.
