From Our Correspondent
Nigeria Immigration Service, Yobe State Command has intercepted a Toyota Hiace bus (with registration number 10B-87GM, Gombe state) carrying 21 minors from Labule and Ibeto towns of Magama Local Government Area in Niger State to Maine Soroa in Niger Republic.
The minors between the ages of seven and 15 were intercepted by immigration border outpost officers a few distance from Geidam control post, Dunari, Yobe State.
According to the Comptroller, Yobe State Command, Mr. SS Jega, the intercepted minors, who are suspected to be victims of human trafficking, have no idea of their intended destination.
Jega also said that they have no travel documents or any form of identity to justify their mission and journey.
He added that their guardian, Abubakar Saidu, a 28 years old, who claims to be a teacher in an Islamic school, is an indigene of Anaba in Magama Local Government Area.
Jega also said that the Comptroller-General of Immigration, KN Nandap has directed that the arrested suspects be handed over to the appropriate government agency for further action, as soon as it concludes preliminary investigations on them.
