A unidentified woman and her accomplice were detained by Nigeria Police Force Zone 2 Command operators for allegedly trafficking underage girls to Mauritania as commercial sex workers in exchange for N50,000.  

The suspects were apprehended on March 22 at their hiding place in the Meiran neighbourhood of Lagos State, according to a statement released Tuesday by Umma Ayuba, the zonal public relations officer.  

She said that the syndicate trafficked young women as commercial sex workers in Mauritania in collaboration with other partners.  Ayuba said that after being arrested and questioned, the suspects admitted to the crime.

Ayuba stated, “Operatives of the Zonal Intelligence Response Squad led by SP Francis Kpoughul stormed their base where two suspects were apprehended.

“The first suspect said she was introduced to a woman based in Mauritania by another woman, who has been prosecuted for the same offence and is currently serving a jail term.”

The ZPRO added that the first suspect confessed that she received a sum of N50,000 for each person, and among her victims was her 19-year-old daughter.

“She said the woman in Mauritania contracted her to recruit young girls below the age of 22 to be used as sex workers there.

“She added that she received N50,000 as a commission for each girl sent to Mauritania.

“She confessed that, among the girls she recruited, was her 19-year-old daughter. She also admitted to receiving over N500,000 from the woman in Mauritania.”

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