Omo, big wahala don happen for Ondo State o! Police don catch some suspected human traffickers and rescue 14 victims from their grip. This one na serious matter wey dem report on Saturday through Police PPRO DSP Abayomi Jimoh. E clear say dem dey shine eye well well as dem dey fight human trafficking and fraud for the state.
Di story begin on January 22 when one Togolese guy, Meale Yaoili, waka come Yaba Police Station come tell dem say he escape from convoy of human trafficking crew wey dey operate for Nigeria. According to am, dem lure am from Togo come Nigeria under pretense say dem go give am job for Canada. Hian, wetin person no go hear!
Yaoili talk say na one Tchodia Potolaw Fidel wey don run come be the main guy wey gree make am travel, claiming say no Canadian Embassy dey for Togo. E shock as he reach Nigeria, dem seize all hin property and hold am like prisoner after e pay 800,000 CFA francs — ah, wahala no dey finish for this matter o!
Police quickly mobilize and catch six suspects: Cleude Grao, Samuel Dsiwa, Michael Amissa, Olayiwola Kazeem, Akinubi Adebayo, and Oluwole Vincent, wey be di landlord of di place wey dey happen. Dem rescue three victims during di operation. Na so dem decide to show dem say dem no dey joke for this human trafficking matter.
Another gbege wey come land na when Chief Ojomu from Oba-Ile report say dem suspect banditry on January 23. Dem transfer di case to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for better investigation. From wetin dem find out, di people wey dem suspect no be bandits o! Na illegal immigrants from Chad wey dey stay for one duplex for Akure area.
As di police investigate, dem discover say di main suspect, Umaru Baba, na di person wey dey run di show with him team wey dey recruit and traffic people — modern-day slavery wey no gree rest. Di suspect use online marketing platform take entice and hid eleven young men and one woman as commission-based marketers. Na serious wahala be this o!
For now, di suspects dey for police custody while di victims dey receive help as dem dey plan to send dem back to their country. Police Commissioner, Adebowale Lawal, don warn landlords make dem no carry dead weight into their houses. E talk say negligence fit land dem for wahala if dem no do proper background check.
Lawal don assure people sey police dey work hard to clear human trafficking and etal, and e dey urge citizens to give credible information wey go help dem catch di criminals. Make we gree together fight against this baddo, abeg!
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