Human trafficking: Delta to confiscate properties of offenders

Asaba, Delta – The Delta State government said it is taking steps to tackle the issue of human trafficking in the state in efforts to reduce the activities to the barest minimum if not totally eliminated.

The Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole, SAN, stated this when the Zonal Commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Edo State, Aganran Alao, paid a visit over the weekend in Asaba.

The Attorney-General said that the law was at the final stage at the State House of Assembly, adding that a public hearing on the law had been carried out.

He said, “The law is designed to compound issues for human traffickers, that as part of the recommendations of the law, properties of offenders of human trafficking will be applied to the benefits of the victim.”

He described as worrisome the reports and indications from NAPTIP that Delta State has overtaken Edo State as the number one state with the highest cases of human trafficking.