FG Evacuates 41 Trafficked Victims From Mali

                            

The Federal Government on Monday evacuated 41 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Mali for forced labour and sexual exploitation.


Six persons, alledged to be human traffickers, were also arrested and brought back to the country alongside their victims.
They were brought back on an  Hercules C-130 military aircraft, with registration number NAF 913,which landed at 7:45 pm at the Airforce Base of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
They were brought back by the Nigeria Air Force in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant, Diaspora and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
They were received at the Hajj Camp area of the airport by officers of the NAPTIP and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).