The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking face to faces (NAPTIP), on Wednesday, jailed eight under-aged women, for presumably contravening area 17 of the Agency’s Act

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrest of the teenage girls followed a raid on 2 whorehouses in the Aduwawa axis of the state by the company’s detectives, in partnership with males of the Edo Command of the Department of State Service (DSS).

Mrs. Chidiebere Oruruo-Ifudu, Zonal Commander in charge of the zone, while attending to newsmen after the workout, stated that the agency got a tip-off from an informant recently, about some young girls being used as prostitutes in a brothel.

“So, in the early hours of today, NAPTIP in business of the DSS, robbed the brothel.

“We didn’t just rob just one brothel however 2, and we were able to rescue these girls that have been pushed into prostitution,” she stated.

She stated that investigations had actually begun and they would be charged to court in due course, including that 32 individuals, comprising 25 women and 5 males, consisting of the hotel managers and security males, were actually arrested throughout the raid.

“However, we have no business with the others who are above 18 years of age.

“We are interested in those below 18, because today section 17 of the Trafficking in Persons Prohibition Law Enforcement 2015 Act has actually been contravened. And that is what we are utilizing to charge them to court”, Oruruo-Ifudu said.

The zonal leader, while recommending youths to try and get skills aside education, disclosed that 6 of the saved victims had actually currently shown interest to key into the skills acquisition training of the firm.

She explained that upon completion of the training after six months, they would be empowered.

Oruruo-Ifudu also advised moms and dads to constantly watch out for their kids, while restating the zone’s commitment to continue to work in tandem with Dr Fatima Waziri-Hazi, Director General, NAPTIP’s, program for the firm.