A Lagos-based pastor (names withheld) has been arrested over allegation of child trafficking.
He was arrested by officers of Nigeria Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, following the allegation that she helped a 24-year-old lady, Benedicta Okolo, to process an e-passport with false identity.
Benedicta and the said pastor visited Alausa passport office where the officer in charge, Mr Joshua Ajisafe, first discovered the discrepancy.
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The Comptroller of Immigration, Lagos Command, Mrs Justina Ahmadu, said: “Benedicta is a victim of a trafficking ring. But our eagle-eyed officers noticed the discrepancies in her biodata.
“She lied to the passport officers that her name is Miss Karem Rachel, but investigation showed she is Benedicta Elejo Okolo.
“Following her confession, we arrested her facilitator, a pastor, and we have handed the suspects to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, NAPTIP.
“Okolo said she met one Mr. Charles Arinze and his sister, who claimed that they reside in Dubai, on social media.
“Following their interaction, Okolo was invited to Lagos where she met one Agnes Chinyere, who later took her to a herbalist where hair from her private part, armpit, head and her blood were taken by the herbalist.
“They took her the next day to the airport with a proxy passport where she was refused departure. She was, thereafter, asked to meet the said Pastor.”
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