The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that
its operatives along Kaduna-Zaria route in Kaduna State arrested a Fiat Bus
Vehicle, popularly known as J5, for overloading, only to discover that the
vehicle is stacked with 44 minors and two adults who were suspected to be child
traffickers.
According to Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education
Officer of FRSC, on suspicion of the two
occupants of the white and blue coloured vehicle with plate number XC 532 ZAR,
the Patrol team quizzed the occupants and got unsatisfactory response from the
adult occupants who claimed they were going for a church programme in a
location they could not name.
In his press statement, Kazeem disclosed that the driver
of the J5 vehicle, Dauda Ezekiel from Gubuchi Village in Makarfi Local
Government Area of Kaduna state claimed that he was hired to transport the
minors.
The Sector Commander who got wind of the case as soon as
the vehicle was impounded alerted the Commissioner of Police in Kaduna state
where the Vehicle and the occupants were handed over to the Criminal
Investigation Department for further investigation.
It will be recalled that the FRSC in Kaduna state on 27th
April 2017 had earlier reported a similar case of a Ford Galaxy Model vehicle
with registration number LMU 76 XA who had 17 minors and three suspected adult
traffickers to the Comptroller of Immigration and NAPTIP.
Kazeem disclosed that the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi,
has applauded the vigilance of the
officials of the FRSC which led to the apprehension of the suspected child
traffickers. According to him, the Corps Marshal believes that Security of
Lives and Properties of the citizens will be better assured with inter agency
collaboration the security agencies, Oyeyemi father urged increased and
sustained vigilance on the part of the operatives.
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