{"id":23972,"date":"2018-05-28T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=23972"},"modified":"2018-10-04T21:09:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T20:09:37","slug":"edo-human-traffickers-in-trouble-task-force-swings-into-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/edo-human-traffickers-in-trouble-task-force-swings-into-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo Human Traffickers In Trouble, Task Force Swings Into Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tayo Olanipekun<\/p>\n

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered the Task Force on Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration to ensure eradication of the issues by 2020.<\/p>\n

The Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on human trafficking and illegal migration,Mr Solomon Okoduwa, said in Benin on Monday that that the Task Force, which the governor set up in 2017, has also been mandated to urgently reduce the menace by 50 per cent before December.<\/p>\n

Obaseki\u2019s aide was reacting to the signing of the anti-human trafficking law by the Governor in Benin on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He said the formal signing of the law, which was recently passed by the state House of Assembly, would send a strong message to the traffickers that \u201cit is no longer business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okoduwa said the signing of the law revealed the commitment of state government in dealing with the scourge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a warning that the traffickers and the management of traffickers, when caught, would be made to face the music according to the dictate of the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will see that the law works and work to the letter. The governor has made it abundantly clear that there will be no mercy to whoever is caught going against the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis law will also strengthen the task force to adequately deal with the menace of human trafficking.\u2019\u2019<\/p>

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The Governor\u2019s mandate, he said, was to completely eradicate human trafficking by 2020 and reduce it by 50 per cent by the end of this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, the mandate is clear and it is achievable as we remain on course towards the realization,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

He said the commitment of the governor was a pointer that human trafficking no longer has a place in Edo.<\/p>\n

According to Okoduwa, the Monarch of Benin, Oba Ewuare II and the government have taken actions at various times to demonstrate that the \u201cbusiness\u201d no longer have a place in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Oba has condemned it by publicly placing a curse on traffickers in the state, while the government also condemned it in strong terms by setting up a task force against the menace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edo had been described as a hub for human trafficking and illegal migration as the state accounted for more than half of returnees from Libya within the last eight months.<\/p>\n

According to Okoduwa, the state\u2019s Libya returnees are more than 3,400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tayo Olanipekun Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered the Task Force on Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration to ensure eradication of the issues by 2020. 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