The police in Lagos have rescued three young women and arrested two suspected human traffickers who allegedly lured them from the South-East with job promises.
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Imohimi Edgal, said on Monday in Ikeja, that the suspects were using their victims to enrich themselves.
According to him: “On July 1, the command received information that Ikechukwu Egbulefu and Vera John were involved in human trafficking.
“It was alleged that they brought some girls from Imo, Akwa Ibom and Rivers to Lagos State for prostitution.
“On the strength of the information, FSARS operatives were directed to investigate and arrest the suspects involved.”
Edgal added that “investigation led to the arrest of the suspects at Wagbas Hotel in Ajah, a suburb of Lagos, and three victims were rescued.”
He said that the suspects allegedly took their victims to a shrine in Epe-Ijebu where they were made to swear an oath that they would not abscond from the hotel.
Edgal disclosed that each of the victims were made to sleep with more than 10 men daily, and their proceeds handed over to the suspects.
He said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.