Sunday Yakubu, a suspected human trafficker, has
explained that he engages in the criminal activity as a result of his
‘good heart.’
Yakubu said he engaged in human
trafficking to help the victims become useful citizens and to earn a
living. He also said that he was pushed into the crime because of
poverty, adding that he thought he could stop as soon as he made enough
money.
While being paraded before journalists in Ilorin on Thursday, Yakubu said he wanted to assist them overcome poverty.
The
suspect who claimed to be an indigene of Tangita in Benin Republic,
said he took the minors from his wife in Tabeda, Baruten Local
Government Area, Kwara State.
He added that he was conveying them to Ikoyi, Lagos
State to work as beer parlour waiters. He also claimed that this was his
first involvement in the business.
The Kwara State Comptroller, NIS, Mrs. Abimbola Abiodun-Ojo, said:
“On
May 22, at Ilesha-Baruba, the suspect was intercepted with the effort
of the National Union of Road Transport Workers because we had held a
meeting with them that when they suspect any movement, concerning people
moving in and out, they should intimate us.“The NURTW members called
our men in Ilesha-Baruba who took him and the girls into custody there. I
instructed that they should bring them to the office. This suspect has
collected these children from two different families because they are
all Beninese. These girls are below 18, they are minors.Through our
subsequent interrogation, we were able to find out that he is taking
them to one Mummy Monday in Ikoyi close to Ogbomoso for labour, and he
is to collect N6,000 on each of them as monthly wages for a year.“
He
told us they were relations of his wife. We noticed that there is no
relationship between these girls and this guy because he claimed they
live in the same neighbourhood.
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