Immigration rescues pregnant victim of human trafficking in Oyo

<p><strong>The Nigeria Immigration Service &lpar;NIS&rpar; has rescued a pregnant victim of human trafficking in Oyo State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The NIS Public Relations Officer&comma; Olufemi Adetunji&comma; disclosed this to journalists on Friday in Ibadan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adetunji said the victim had been handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons &lpar;NAPTIP&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the victim was rescued at the Saki area of the state by Immigration officials&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The spokesman said the 20-year-old was brought from Akwa-Ibom to Oyo State on June 19 by a suspect with a promise to get her a good job&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adetunji said the suspect was aware of the victim’s pregnancy before engaging her as a sex worker&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Instead of getting her the promised job&comma; she engaged her in prostitution and collected the money from men who slept with the victim&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our men also apprehended the suspect and have handed her over to NAPTIP for further investigation and prosecution&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;