Matilda Omonaiye/
Two frontline Federal Government agencies have teamed up to avert and eradicate human trafficking, irregular migration, and many other offences in Lagos State.
The pact between the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) was reached at a parley in Ikeja, Lagos, when the Head of NSCDC, Lagos State Command, Commandant Eweka Douglas Okoro received the Commander of NAPTIP in Lagos, Mr Aganran Ganiu Alao, in his office at Alausa.
According to NSCDC spokesman in Lagos, ASCI Abolurin Oluwaseun Olumide, the NAPTIP boss sought to partner and solidify the relationship, between the NSCDC, Lagos State Command, as a reputable law enforcement agency, to fulfil their statutory mandates and functions in the state.
Olumide stated: “Furthermore, Commandant Eweka said that the relationship between the two organizations could be described as historical and remarkable. He presented a scorecard of the Anti-Human and Irregular Migration Unit of the Command, which was created to help arrest and hand over offenders, such as human traffickers, irregular migrants, and gender-based offenders to NAPTIP. He said the Anti-human trafficking and irregular migration unit of the Command had been doing well in the arrest of offenders, which they had always handed over to NAPTIP and he promised to continue to do so and support the unit to do better than their current record of excellence, in the Command.
“Commandant Eweka and the Commander of NAPTIP Lagos agreed to work and partner together, to avert and eradicate human trafficking and irregular migration and many other offences of such in the state.
“The Commandant, Lagos State Command, Commandant Eweka promised to support NAPTIP Lagos, in several areas, which include but not limited, to operations and arrest of offenders, in relations with such offences and violations against persons, as stipulated by the NAPTIP Act.
“Finally, Commandant Eweka and other senior officers of the command, present during the visit and the team of NAPTIP in Lagos led, by their Commander agreed to stop the menace of rape, irregular migration, gender violence, human trafficking, and other related offences in the state. Commandant Eweka opined that the strategic and proactive moves agreed upon during the visit will aid to eradicate criminal elements and offenders, help to protect lives and property, and largely save victims of such offences that were mentioned above.”
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