Four underaged girls have been rescued by the Lagos Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at a motel located at Totomu village, around Lagos and Ogun border.
It was learnt that the personnel raided the motel at about 11.53 a.m. on Aug. 11.
Disclosing this, NSCDC Commander, Mr Usman Alfadarai, said the Corps’ Anti-Himan Trafficking Unit acted on credible intelligence and sustained surveillance to raid the motel.
Speaking further, Alfadarai revealed that the motel was discovered to be engaging in the exploitation of underaged girls for prostitution and child labour for rewards.
“Four victims, who. ranged between 15 and 17 years, were successfully rescued from the premises,” he said, adding that a female suspect was also nabbed.
According to the Corps Commander, the apprehended suspect and the rescued victims would be handed over to National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further investigation.
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Meanwhile, police authorities in Anambra State have said they have recovered several tricycles, stolen by bandits in recent times.
The authorities called on owners of tricycles, popularly known as Keke, to come to their office to check if their tricycles were among those recovered.
There has been a recent upsurge in the rate of theft of tricycles in Anambra State, in both urban and rural areas.
In a press release by the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson said over 12 tricycles have recently been recovered from robbers.
He said, “This is to inform the good people of Anambra State that the Police at Harbour Division, in Ogbaru LGA, during the course of several operations in the last one month have recovered the underlisted tricycles, suspected to have been stolen.
“Owners are requested to come forward with valid proof of ownership to claim their property.”
The command gave the registration numbers of the recovered tricycles to include: NKK 170 UR, KTU 315 QD, NSH 178 VC, UMI 281 QV, GAS 830 WU, ACA 344 QM, TTK 287 WZ, ABB 215 QA, AGU 105 UD, UKP 114 QR, UWN 544 QH and ATMC 420525.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye assured members of the public that the State Police Command is committed to ensuring that stolen properties are not only recovered but returned to their rightful owners to assuage sense of deprivation victims of such crimes go through.