*UPDATE: Positive Developments from Senate Roundtable on #HumanTrafficking Convened by Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki*



There are two positive developments that have come up, following the Nigerian Senate’s Roundtable on #HumanTrafficking.

The first is that due to the lack of prosecutions and action from law enforcement agencies, at the Senate Roundtable on Migration and Human Trafficking, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, challenged the Nigerian Police and the Nigerian Immigration Service to step up their operations and prosecute any law enforcement officers and civilians that are involved in the practice of human trafficking.

At the Roundtable, the CG of Immigration, Muhammed Babandede, stated that they would ramp up their efforts in the aforementioned regard.

Today, we just received news that the NIS has suspended two officers, Araoyinbo Oluwadare and Gabriel Awosanmi, for allegedly aiding and abetting human trafficking.

You can read more here: https://www.naija.ng/1156672-nigerian-immigration-suspends-2-officers-alleged-human-trafficking.html#1156672

Secondly, the Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II (who was represented at both days of the Roundtable by the Obasogie of Benin Kingdom, Chief Eduwu Ekhator) has ordered the native doctors in Edo state to revoke the curses and oaths placed on the trafficked victims of human trafficking in the state.

Read about this here: http://dailypost.ng/2018/03/09/edo-native-doctors-revoke-curses-placed-trafficked-victims/

Both of these developments are commendable steps in the fight against #HumanTrafficking and illegal migration in Nigeria. We cannot stop here. As the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki said at the Roundtable: "This situation requires all hands on deck.”

Read more here: https://twitter.com/OnemolaOlu/status/972219204928724992