In Nigeria, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Department of State Services, Imo State Command, have rescued a middle-aged Burundian woman and her three children suspected to be victims of trafficking.

They were rescued from a village in the southern state of the country where they were being exploited by their trafficker.

The NAPTIP communication officer, Adekoye Vincent in a statement confirmed that the victims were set free through the early morning sting operation carried out on a mud house located in Umunoha village in Mbaitol Local Government Area of Imo State.

WADR’s Usman Umar in Abuja has more: