Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun corps have arrested a 29-year-old woman Titi Happiness for attempting to traffick four girls to Ghana from Abuja.
The suspect was arrested when Amotekun operatives were carrying out routine check between the boundaries of Ondo and Kogi States.
She was arrested after failing to give information about the four girls.
Commander of Ondo Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said investigations showed that the girls were being moved to Ghana for cheap labour.
Adeleye said: “We arrested over 300 suspected criminals during the Easter period but we brought out some of them while investigation is ongoing on others.
“We arrested a lady, Happiness Titi during a joint military patrol at the boundary of Ondo and Kogi. During the stop and search, we apprehended this lady with four of her victims on their way to Ghana.
“We found that she deceived the victims that she is taking them to Ghana for some greener pastures but she denied taking them out for labour but said she was taking to Ibadan.
But one of the victims (names withheld) said the suspect informed them to prepare to work in Ghana and not Ibadan.
She said: “It was when the security operatives apprehended them that it dawn on us that the madam planned to use us for forced labour or sexual exploitation in Ghana.
“We have lost our parents and we are struggling to feed ourselves and we agreed to follow the madam when she said she will find good work for us in Ghana where their economy is better”
Two septuagenarians,who impersonated operatives of Amotekun in Ondo town, Ondo East Local Government Area, were also paraded.
Both men were discovered to have been posing as Amotekun corps to oppress and extort money from unsuspecting member of the public before they were nabbed recently in Ondo.
According to Adeleye: “We arrested two men who have been impersonating as officials of Amotekun in Ondo, Ondo East local government area of the state.
“They have been using Amotekun to extort money. One of them posed as Amotekun agent while the other one has been oppressing the unsuspecting member of the public and extort money from them”
“This is to assure the general public of our zero tolerance for criminal activities in the state and I want to say that we enjoyed very robust relationships with all the security agencies to rid the state of criminal activities.” (PUNCH)
