The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has revealed that at least 2,743 trafficked victims have been rescued.
Director-General of NAPTIP, Fatima Waziri-Azi, revealed that 1,440 of the reported cases, 412 were external trafficking while 1,028 of the cases were internal.
Waziri-Azi noted that those rescued were made up of male children, female children, male adults, and female adults.
The Director-General added that most of the victims were trafficked by road through their borders all across the country.