“We still have nine pending cases, eight in Federal High Court, one in Appeal Court, six new cases to be filed and secured 20 convictions from 2016 till date.”
The Zonal Commander in charge of Kano, Mr Shehu Umar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano.
He added that the cases included 117 child abuse, 75 child labour, 109 sexual abuse, 13 rape cases and 188 other cases on Violence Against Persons Prohibition from 2016 to July 2020, including 473 males and 1,028 females. He explained that the command had also rescued 107 human trafficking victims at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport as their sponsors tried to fleeHe said that of the 107 rescued victims, five from the Niger Republic and one from Ghana.
He explained that the agency’s public enlightenment department carried out 278 sensitisation and lecture programmes, including radio and television programmes.
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