The Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Isaiah Bozimo, has commended the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in charge of Edo/Delta states for the diligent manner it has carried out its duties leading to the conviction of 500 traffickers since 2003.
The attorney-general gave the commendation when officials of the agency led by the zonal commander, Nduka Nwawenne, briefed the attorney-general on their activities in the state.
Bozimo informed the zonal commander that an anti-human trafficking bill is being prepared by his office.
He informed the NAPTIP team that a committee to investigate internet fraud had recently submitted its report to the government.
Bozimo noted that prostitution, ritual killing and human trafficking are closely related while expressing optimism that the bill will receive speedy passage in the state House of Assembly when it is presented.
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He commended the zonal commander for achieving the feat of the conviction of 500 traffickers in order to curb the menace of human trafficking, promising to provide whatever assistance needed by the agency to discharge its duties.
Earlier in his remark, the leader of the delegation, the Zonal commander Comrade, Nduka Nwawenne, expressed the need for all states of the federation to have a task force on anti-human trafficking.
He explained that 20 states of the federation already had state task force on human trafficking to complement the efforts of NAPTIP in cubing human trafficking.
Nwawenne said that his agency had recorded 500 convictions since 2003, adding that out of 3000 victims of human trafficking that had passed through the NAPTIP shelter in 2004 to date, 1000 of such persons were from Delta State.
While calling for the enforcement of the law aimed at cubbing human trafficking in Delta State, Comdr. Nwawenne described internal trafficking as a serious issue just as he recalled that most young girls were presently being recruited from villages and taken to cities in Nigeria where they are exploited.
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