The Benue State Police Command has Detained a Prince involved alleged trafficking of 23 Individuals from Buruku Local Government Area of the state to Kwara state in accordance with the report.

Fatai Owoseni who is the State Commissioner of Police reveled on Wednesday that the Prince, Messenger Tar was captured while dispersing the 23 individuals from the state in an 18-seater bus.

Owoseni stated that a group of policemen on regular patrol intercepted the automobile on Easter Sunday around the Buruku region on suspicion that the sufferers between the ages of 12 and 47 were being transported illegally for illegal reasons. 

He said, “investigation revealed that the victims were lured by the suspect on promises of providing them with jobs at Kiama in Kwara State but they were actually going to be taken outside the country to Niger for exploitation.

“The victims would be handed over to their parents/guardians while the suspected trafficker will face the law.”

The suspect who spoke to newsmen after being paraded denied that he was trafficking the people for exploitation.

He claimed that the other victims were only going to join their relatives living in Kwara state

Source: http://aderonkebamidele.com/police-command-in-benue-intercepts-human-traffickers-in-buruku-lga/