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\"Ondo\"<\/p>\n

By Dayo Johnson Akure<\/strong><\/p>\n

17 suspected illegal transnational human traffickers operating as a syndicate have been arrested by police detectives in Ondo State.<\/p>\n

The detectives also claimed to rescue 14 victims in two separate cases of illegal transnational human trafficking in the state.<\/p>\n

A police source informed Sunday Vanguard: \u201cA Togolese national, Meale Yaoili, reported at Yaba Police Station that he had escaped from the custody of a human trafficking syndicate operating within Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cYaoili said that he was lured from the Republic of Togo to Nigeria under the pretext of securing employment in Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201c The victim said he knew one Tchodia Potolaw Fidel, now at large, since 2019, who claimed to be residing in Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201c The suspect allegedly convinced him to travel to Nigeria, claiming that there was no Canadian Embassy in Togo. Upon his arrival, the victim\u2019s personal belongings were forcefully seized, and he was held against his will after paying the sum of 800,000 CFA francs.<\/p>\n

\u201c Following a swift and coordinated action by operatives of the Command, six suspects were arrested in connection with the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the operation, three victims were successfully rescued.<\/p>\n

The police source added: \u201cIn another development, On 23rd January, 2026, a case initially reported as suspected banditry was lodged by one Chief Ojomu of Oba-Ile at the Oba-Ile Divisional Headquarters against Umaru Baba, male and eleven others.<\/p>\n

Contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Jimoh Abayomi, said: \u201cPreliminary investigations revealed that the suspects were not bandits as alleged, but illegal immigrants from the Republic of Chad, residing in a duplex apartment in Akure.<\/p>\n

\u201cFurther intelligence uncovered that Umaru Baba is allegedly at the centre of trans-border criminal activities, including recruitment, trafficking in persons, modern-day slavery, and other related offences.<\/p>\n

\u201c Investigations further indicated that the principal suspect allegedly operated as a representative of a company involved in online marketing of various products.<\/p>\n

\u201c Through this platform, the suspect is alleged to have lured, recruited, and harboured eleven able-bodied men and one female, all suspected to be illegal migrants, under the guise of engaging them as commission-based marketers.
\u201c All eleven persons were discovered to be Chadian nationals illegally transported into Nigeria en route the Cameroon border.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspects are currently in police custody, while the identified foreign nationals are being treated as victims of trafficking\u201d.<\/p>\n

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