NAPTIP rescues 221 victims of human trafficking in Jigawa
The Jigawa Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 221 victims of human trafficking in the state within two years. The State Commander, Mr Abdulladir Turajo, disclosed this during a one-day sensitisation campaign against human trafficking held in Kazaure on Friday. Turajo said the victims were rescued and reunited with their families following the establishment of the command in July 2023. According to him, NAPTIP has also secured two convictions and conducted 175 sensitisation programmes across communities, schools, places of worship, motor parks, and markets in Jigawa. The awareness campaign, organised in collaboration with the Jigawa State Ministry for Local Government and Community Development, is part of a zonal grassroots sensitisation drive for stakeholders in all 27 local government areas of the state. He explained that the campaign would be executed in […]
