{"id":174912,"date":"2025-08-18T22:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/naptip-rescues-25-women-from-trafficking-in-abuja"},"modified":"2025-08-18T23:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:22:41","slug":"naptip-rescues-25-women-from-trafficking-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naptip-rescues-25-women-from-trafficking-in-abuja","title":{"rendered":"NAPTIP Rescues 25 Women from Trafficking in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has rescued 25 women in Abuja from suspected human traffickers who were allegedly preparing to move them to Saudi Arabia for labour exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>The victims, aged between 17 and 43, were intercepted in front of a popular hotel in Wuse II, where traffickers had gathered them for onward transportation.<\/p>\n<p>According to NAPTIP\u2019s Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, the women were recruited from Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina states with promises of lucrative domestic work abroad. Many of them, who had never been to Abuja before, were stranded without travel documents when rescued.<\/p>\n<p>One of the victims told investigators: \u201cSome people came to our village and told my parents they would help me travel abroad to work as a house help in Saudi Arabia. They promised good pay so I could take care of my family. They asked us to wait here for our travel documents and instructions, but none of them showed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NAPTIP\u2019s Director-General, Binta Adamu Bello, confirmed the rescue and linked a \u201cpopular travel agency\u201d to the operation. She disclosed that a manhunt had been launched for the agency and its operators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish to alert our partners to a new tactic used by trafficking syndicates who now use Abuja as a muster point,\u201d Bello said. \u201cOnly a few months ago, victims were intercepted near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. Now, we have another 25 women rescued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She warned the Association of Recruiters and Licensed Placement Agency of Nigeria to regulate its members, stressing that trafficking victims often suffer extreme exploitation abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sad part is that many of these women eagerly accepted the traffickers\u2019 offers, unaware of the suffering awaiting them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good news is that this trafficking process has been disrupted, and we are closing in on the agency responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NAPTIP said the operation was part of its intensified surveillance and intelligence monitoring in major cities following reports of rising recruitment from rural communities for human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has rescued 25 women in Abuja from suspected human traffickers who were allegedly preparing to move them to Saudi Arabia for labour exploitation. 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