Couple Arrested For Child Trafficking

The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, yesterday paraded a man and his wife for using young girls as prostitutes under the pretence of getting jobs for them.
The suspects, Falusi Temilola, 45, and his wife Falusi Helen, 43, were said to have held four victims hostage at Sharp Corner Hotels, Orita Aperin area of Ibadan where they used them for prostitution and fattened their pockets.
The state Police public relations officer, DSP Olabisi Clet-Ilobanafor gave the names of the victims as Endurance Erabor (15), Jessica John (25), Princess Igbinedion (17), and Tina Nosa (20), all from Benin City in Edo State.

She said, "The criminal investigation department of the police received information about a girl who was said to have been brought from Benin for prostitution but refused to be sexually abused.
"When they got there, they discovered that it was true and that there were other three young girls working in the hotel as prostitutes. We discovered that the people behind this are Mr and Mrs Falusi.
"When interrogated, the girls told us that they came to Ibadan due to loss of parents and lack of help which prompted them to search for greener pastures. They said the woman told them that she had a beer parlour and would bring them to work as attendants only for them to discover that they will be working as prostitutes.

DSP Clet-Ilobanafor said the Police, on the completion of their investigation, shall charge the suspects to court while the young ladies shall be rehabilitated through the intervention of agencies like NAPTIP. She advised young girls to be wary of people who always promise to get them jobs.
In another development, an unidentified man has attacked some members of the Calvary Church, Ayekale-Agugu, Ibadan during a vigil on February 26, 2014.
The DSP disclosed that the suspect, now at large, attacked Rev Oladimeji and his wife and two girls identified as Anu and Kausara Isiaka with machete at about 2am that fateful day.
She said Kausara died due to severe injuries she sustained during the attack while the remaining victims were recuperating at an undisclosed hospital.
The police gathered from the pastor that Kausara got converted from Islam to Christianity, a situation which displeased her father, Mr Isiaka who had threatened to deal with the girl. The police has arrested Mr Isiaka for interrogation.