Man arrested in Nigeria for attempting to traffick teenage girls

Man arrested in Nigeria for attempting to traffick teenage girls

Police in Nigeria’s Osun State announced the arrest of a man, for allegedly attempting to traffick four teenage girls from Osun to Kano state enroute Tripoli in Libya, local media reported.

This is contained in a statement released by SP Yemisi Opalola, spokesperson for Osun Police in Osogbo, quoted by the Pulse website.

”The suspect, Adebisi Muideen invited the young girls for a birthday party at a hotel in Ile-Ife and gave them food and drinks. ”After taking the food and drinks, the girls slept off and later woke up in Kano state en route to Tripoli, capital of Libya,” she said.

The SP added that three of the girls managed to escape in Kano and later called their parents who reported the matter to the police.

“Three of the girls have been reunited with their families but the whereabout of the fourth girl is still unknown at the moment,” she said.

The police spokesperson, however, said the suspect claimed that the girls willingly accepted to go to Libya to work.

She said the police is investigating this matter and suspect will be charged to court upon completion of our investigations.

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