{"id":4618,"date":"2026-10-31T01:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/human-trafficking-police-rescue-three-girls-in-lagos\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T01:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:46:06","slug":"human-trafficking-police-rescue-three-girls-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/human-trafficking-police-rescue-three-girls-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Human trafficking: Police rescue three girls in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The<\/em><\/strong><em> Lagos State Police Command has foiled a suspected human trafficking operation in Badagry, Lagos State, and rescued three young girls allegedly being trafficked.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>The Force Public Relations Officer, Ani Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement on his X account on Friday.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>He said, \u201cA team of policemen on routine patrol intercepted a commercial motorcycle conveying three young girls along Owode Apa Road, Badagry.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cInterrogation revealed the girls were victims of human trafficking. They were rescued and debriefed, while efforts are ongoing to track down the suspected traffickers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The FPRO added that the case is currently being investigated by the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In another instance, six suspects have been arrested in Abuja for suspected armed robbery, extortion and homicide.<\/em> <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>According to Iniedu, police operatives and the Civilian Joint Task Force raided a notorious criminal hideout in Kado Bimko where they arrested one Abubakar Safiyanu and five other suspects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRecovered items include 11 stolen mobile phones, 1 laptop, dangerous weapons, and intoxicating substances. The prime suspect is also implicated in a June 2026 robbery and murder. The case is being investigated by the CID Abuja,\u201d he noted.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Similarly, a suspected gunrunner in Benin City, Edo State, Kingsley Eghaghe, has been arrested by the police.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>According to the statement, \u201cActing on an intelligence report and a lawfully intercepted phone conversation regarding gun running, police operatives tracked and arrested a 52-year-old suspect, Kingsley Eghaghe.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe suspect has been taken into custody for discreet investigation, with further developments regarding the recovery of arms and ammunition expected. Status: VCRU Benin-City Investigating.\u201d<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Police Command has foiled a suspected human trafficking operation in Badagry, Lagos State, and rescued three young girls allegedly being trafficked. The Force Public Relations Officer, Ani&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}