Abubakar has directed Commissioners of
Police to set up anti-human trafficking
units in their commands as part of
measures to curb the menace. He threatened to hold heads of commands
and divisions responsible for any incident of
trafficking in women and children in their
jurisdictions. The IG gave the directive in Abuja on
Tuesday while addressing police officers in
charge of anti-human trafficking unit in the
country. Abubakar said the police would collaborate
with well-meaning agencies to wage a
successful war against the menace. He said, “Human trafficking is a crime
against humanity and the police are willing
to partner with well-meaning agencies to
combat this menace; all state
commissioners of Police should set up anti-
human trafficking units in their commands immediately.” In her remarks, the Country Representative
of the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crimes, Ms. Miriam Sissoko, said drug and human trafficking across the world raked in $32bn annually, adding that 2.5 million people were involved in the
business. Sissoko, who was represented by the officer in charge of anti-human trafficking in the agency, Ms. Anne
Ikpeme, noted that drug, firearms and human trafficking was the most lucrative form of transnational crime. She called on the international community to reach an understanding on how to tackle trafficking in women
and children, and pointed out that UNODC has been cooperating with the Nigerian government in fighting the
menace since 2000. She said UNODC had worked with National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons, the police as well as
governmental and non-governmental organisations in the country. Sissoko said, “Human trafficking brings huge profit for the traffickers and misery, pain, frustration, deprivation,
trauma, and denial of opportunities for self-actualisation to the victims. Recent data on TIP indicate that it is
the third, after trafficking in drugs and firearms, most lucrative form of transnational organised
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