Disclosing this to newsmen in Makurdi on Wednesday, the State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said that the prince, Messenger Tar was caught while conveying the 23 people out of the state in an 18-seater bus belonging to the Benue State Transport Company known as Benue Links.
The police boss said that a team of policemen on routine patrol intercepted the vehicle on Easter Sunday around the Buruku area on suspicion that the victims who are between the ages of 45 and 12 were being transported illegally for trafficking purposes.
According to him, the investigation revealed that the victims were lured by the suspect on promises of providing them with jobs at Kiama in Kwara State but that they were actually going to be taken outside the country to Niger for exploitation.
“The victims would be handed over to their parents/guardians while the suspected trafficker will face the law.”
