By Christopher Oji
The Director General the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, yesterday disclosed that over 5,500 Nigerians were expected to be deported from Libya and Mali.
She said that the 5,500 young Nigerians expected to be deported from Libya and Mali were mainly victims of human trafficking.
The DG explained that 250 would arrive today and another 250 would return next Tuesday.
The DG, who also expressed concern at the increasing rate Nigerians were being deported from other African countries, said the agency would do everything within its power to stem the tide of human trafficking in the country.
She disclosed that more persons were now being trafficked by road because of the improved presence of officials of the agency at the airports.
According to her, traffickers have abandoned airports for roads, with the hope that they would cross the Mediterranean to enter Europe, accounting for the increasing number of deportees from Libya, a transit point en route Europe.