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Police Nab human trafficker, rescues teenage girls in Lagos

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a human trafficker while trying to transport two teenage girls to Abidjan for commercial sex work.
The suspect, Martha Edea, 30, a mother of two, was apprehended in Lagos after travelling with the girls from Benin, Edo State.
Martha confessed to the police that she was trafficked to Ivory Coast by one Mariam who told her there were chances of securing a good job in the country but was later introduced to sex work where she slaved for months in paying back her custodian who brought her to Abidjan.
“I worked for three months to pay Mariam about 300,000 Cefa ( N180,000) to balance her for my transportation into Ivory Coast and also for connecting me.”
“Mariam after collecting the money travelled to Spain abandoning her as a sex worker. I couldn’t find a headway in the business after my connector had travelled to Spain. She said she yielded to her friend’s advice to return to Nigeria to recruit young girls for the illicit business.
Martha, mother of two on her return to Nigeria headed for Edo State, where she was told that she will find young girls willing to travel out of the country to hustle as sex workers.
“I came in contact with two young ladies named Favour and Deborah who introduced me to the young girls.
“Favour took me to one Francess Bamidele who she said is her friend and will like to be taken out of the country for prostitution. Francess also agreed to follow me after making some juicy promises and testimonies about the foreign country.
‘I paid both Favour and Deborah N10,000 each for helping me get a girl each for the journey.
“I also met with Elo’s mother, I told her what her daughter was about to embark on in Abidjan and she agreed to it, she also prayed for her and wished her good luck,” she added.
One of the victims, Francess, a 19-year-old secondary school dropout, told the police that she was elated to hear from Martha that prostitution is very lucrative in Abidjan so she opted in for it and decided to travel with her without telling her guardian.
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