By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN—THE Benin Zonal Command of National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP, comprising Edo and Delta states, has convicted over 50 human traffickers since inception.

This comes as the command intensifies the sensitization of about 10,000 students across nine secondary schools within the two states in the last one week.

The sensitization programme, which was carried out in collaboration with the Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, is one of the components of the planned strategic massive sensitization activities of the agency targeted at post-primary educational institutions in urban and rural areas within Benin Zonal Command.

Speaking at the various locations, the Benin Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mrs. Oluchi Ebiringa, expressed sadness over the activities of human traffickers and their agents in the command, who she said had now shifted their operations to rural areas, taking advantage of the vulnerability of such areas.