Police foil moves to traffic teenage Kaduna girls to Ivory Coast

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a pistillate for allegedly attempting to postulation 3 Kaduna girls to Ivory Coast for prostitution.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the fishy allegedly lured the girls, aged betwixt 18 and 20, from Kaduna State to Lagos with promises of morganatic employment successful a restaurant.

However, upon their accomplishment successful the Ajegunle country of the authorities connected May 23, 2026, the fishy allegedly informed them that she intended to nonstop them to Ivory Coast.

One of the victims, who refused to beryllium taken abroad, subsequently reported the substance to the police.

Following the report, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Tijani, directed that the lawsuit beryllium transferred from the Tolu Division, Ajegunle, to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, for further investigation.

The probe into the allegations of conspiracy, deception and quality trafficking is being handled by the Anti-Human Trafficking/Gender Unit of the SCID nether the supervision of the Deputy Commissioner of Police successful complaint of the department, Mr Dayo Akinbisehin.

A constabulary root told NAN on Thursday that the victims were ne'er inf...