National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons

Justify Rape, Get Arrested – NAPTIP Tells Nigerians

Justify Rape, Get Arrested – NAPTIP Tells Nigerians

Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General (DG), National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has cautioned Nigerians to desist from justifying rape or get arrested as suspects.

Okah-Donli said this while answering questions from newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.

She queried parents for not doing enough to take care of their wards and children, explaining that 90 per cent of rape cases were committed by uncles, fathers and relations.

According to her, many careless acts by parents are responsible for rape cases across the country.

She, therefore, said that the agency would approach the Ministry of Justice to push …

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NAPTIP Apprehends Lebanese Human Trafficker

The Lagos Command of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Command, has apprehended a Lebanese for recruiting Nigerian women for labour and sexual exploitation in his home country.

NAPTIP Lagos Commander, Mr. Daniel Atokolo, said the survivor (names withheld) was trafficked by the 54-year-old Lebanese in October 2019, to his home country.

He said the victim was rescued after the agency got a complaint from the trafficked woman’s husband.

According to Atokolo, “trouble started for the victim when her friend introduced her to the Lebanese who is …