Some operatives of Aviation Security which is an arm of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, have apprehended some Immigration officers while trafficking some underage girls at Lagos airport.
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Two officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, were earlier Thursday arrested for human trafficking at the airport.
According to
SaharaReporters, the bubble burst on the officers when officials of Aviation Security (AVSEC), an arm of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) who had laid siege at the airside of the airport, sweep on them up while attempting to facilitate six underage girls to Omar and Kuwait through Ethiopian Airlines.
A source who said that the AVSEC officials arrested the unscrupulous immigration officers at the departure hall of the airport, gave the names of the two immigration officers as O. Arayinbo and Awosanmi G.
However, the source said that the officers were immediately transferred to National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIT) for further investigation.
The spokesman for immigration, James Sunday confirmed the arrest over the phone, and declared that the service had ordered for a thorough investigation to further reveal the syndicates.
He added that the arrested officers would be transferred to the headquarters in Abuja for appropriate disciplinary action, stressing that the service would not tolerate such act of indiscipline among its men.