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NAPTIP arrests woman for luring 15-yr-old into prostitution

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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons said it arrested one Blessing Iniedem, for allegedly tricking a 15-year-old-girl into prostitution at a brothel in the Mile three axis of Port Harcourt.

The Commander of NAPTIP in Rivers State, Amaka Ikediashi, disclosed this to newsmen in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

Ikediashi said Miss Aniedi, who runs the brothel, was said to have brought the teenage girl from Akwa Ibom State under the guise of taking her on holiday.

She said, “The victim in question is 16 years. She was brought from Oron, Akwa Ibom State to Rivers State for forced prostitution by a certain lady Miss Blessing Iniedem, a.k.a Patience at a brothel.

“The suspect, Blessing Iniedem told her that she was taken for holiday and on getting to Rivers State, she was forced into prostitution.

“When we were notified, alongside our major stakeholders, we had to carry out the arrest and pick up the suspect, Miss Iniedem, her (the teenager’s) exploiter and trafficker.”

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Asked what the agency will do with the suspect, Ikediashi said, “Definitely, NAPTIP is going to prosecute her because it is a case of forced sexual exploitation,”

She also spoke on efforts being made to clamp down on those involved in the illicit act or sexual exploitation.

“This is part of sensitization. We keep telling people to be very cautious, we keep telling people to desist from this act of exploitative means.

“And also acts of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. If you have somebody that you employed under you, try as much as possible to take care of the person.

“If you know you are not ready and willing, you take the person back, because it is human trafficking when you exploit people, especially when you give me their work that is very hazardous to their health.

“NAPTIP is watching and also we have our informants notifying us of activities of these people.”

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On her part, the chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers in Rivers State, Adata Bio-Briggs, expressed sadness over the development’.

Bio-Briggs said the teenager was first taken to a brothel in Gbundu, a popular waterfront in Port Harcourt, but was rejected because the facility term her to be too small.

“The first brothel they took her to was in Gbudu. And in Gbundu they rejected her that she was too small.

“They now took her to a brothel in Mile three and they took (accepted) her there. And she told me that they put her in a house, gave her one lady that the lady was her madam.

“And this lady collects N500 from the men that sleep with her. And its been ongoing for a while, and she told herself that she could not take it anymore she wanted to go home” Adata-Bio-Briggs explained bitterly.

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Hoodlums attack, set police tation ablaze in Anambra

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Hoodlums have attacked and razed the Neni Divisional Police station in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.

 

Emerging reports suggest that the attackers numbering about thirty stormed the area at about 2am in the morning on Thursday, wreaking havoc on several buildings.

 

The State Police Public Relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the hoodlums attacked the police station with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

 

He, however, stated clearly that the hoodlums did not take away any arms or kidnap any police personnel.

 

The police imagemaker further disclosed that the hoodlums were forced to flee after the police operatives subdued them in a superior fire-power adding that tactical operations are still ongoing in the area.

 

Mr Ikenga assured that more updates on the sad incident will be availed to the public in no time.

 

He did not give much details as regards the extent of damages done to the facility.

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Repentant cultists surrender arms in Ogun

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At least 48 repentant cultists in the Sagamu area of Ogun State have surrendered their arms to the Nigeria Police Force and renounced their membership in the various cult groups they belonged to.

The ceremony to profile the repentant cultists and take stock of the arms and ammunition was held at the Palace of the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Adewale Ajayi, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday.

Recall that in January two cult groups, Neo Black Movement, popularly called Aye, and the National Association of Airlords, also known as Eiye Confraternity, Sagamu chapter, wrote letters of apologies to the Akarigbo of Remoland, asking him and other traditional rulers in Remoland to forgive them of their wrongdoings.

 

The two groups had, in a viral letter, pleaded for mercy and promised to abide by the laws of the country.

 

While the letter from the Eiye Confraternity was dated December 22, 2023, that of Aye was dated December 26, 2023.

Weapons submitted by the cultists, who have promised to turn a new leaf, include one pump action gun, four double barrels, seven single barrels, two English pistols, four locally made pistols, and 35 cartridges.

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Speaking at the event, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, said the approach of the police to engage in moral persuasion as a way of curbing the incessant cult crises that have ravaged the part of the state led the cultists to renounce their membership and surrender their arms.

 

Alamutu, while urging the repentant cultists not to go back to their old ways, stressed that the police would also work with the Ogun State government and the traditional rulers to convert them into an Anti-Cultism Vanguard that would preach the dangers of cultism to others still engaged in the act.

 

The CP said, “You will recall that last year, this community witnessed disturbing incidences where cultists were on rampage and disturbing the peace of the community that I had to partially relocate to this community.

 

“It was the persistent nature of this crisis that brought the idea of having a second look and approach to the crisis and we thought of using moral persuasion and engagement to see if we can get results and thank God this is the outcome.

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“By giving them this Olive branch, the idea is for them to turn a new leaf. I have had a closed-door meeting with Kabiyesi on how we can engage these youths. Now that we have convinced them that the right thing to do is hard work, we are going to see how we can assist them to be of use to themselves and be our vanguard so that others will have a reason to embrace peace.”

 

In his reaction, Oba Ajayi said the amnesty for the cultists was a result of several engagements and discussions during when many of the cultists regretted their nefarious acts and promised to turn a new leaf.

 

The monarch added, “Not satisfied with the killings and disturbance of these cultists in the town, the community re-strategised and moved against them. The heat was so much that some of them were even forced to leave the town, but they continued to beg, sending emissaries that they were ready to turn a new leaf.

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“We have engaged them and told them point-blank that cultism is not the way forward, that they will only ruin their lives, ruin their family names and the plans of God for their lives.

 

“We told them to submit their weapons and stay away from cultism, and we have promised to integrate them into the society. It is an ongoing exercise, and we hope that their colleagues in other parts of Remoland and Ogun State as a whole will draw a vital lesson and follow suit as well.”

 

He thanked Governor Dapo Abiodun, security agencies, and the Sagamu Security Committee for working round the clock to ensure the success of the amnesty deal for the former cultists.

 

He begged the residents of the community to show the repentant cultists love and support and not treat them as outcasts.

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Police raid kidnappers’ den in Abuja, arrest one

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Men of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have raided a kidnappers’ den in Jibi forest bordering Dei-dei Abuja and arrested one suspect.

This was disclosed in a statement shared on the command’s X account on Monday by the spokesperson for the command, SP Josephine Adeh.

Adeh said exhibits such as firearms and cows were recovered from the camp.

The statement said, “The operatives of the FCT Police Command, in a continued fight against banditry in FCT, stormed a kidnappers’ den in Jibi forest bordering Dei-dei Abuja on March 23, 2024, at about 6am. On sighting police operatives, the bandits fled from their hideouts to escape arrest.

“The crime prevention operation was carried out on the heels of a credible intelligence that one Mallam Danyaboi and Ilu, gang members and colleagues to one Nasiru Mohammed aka. Danger, who was earlier arrested and paraded by the police command on March 11, 2024, in connection with a series of kidnappings in FCT, had planned a reprisal kidnapping attack in Zuba and its environs for the arrest of their members.

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“Exhibits such as firearms and cows were recovered from the camp.”

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