Nigerian Immigration in Oyo State says it rescued 134 children, who were victims of child trafficking

  
    Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, in Oyo State says it rescued 134 children, who were victims of child trafficking .
   An Assistant Comptroller at the command, Folusho Akintola, disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after a stakeholders’ conference organised by the Justice, Development and Peace Commission today in Ibadan .

   According to reports, the conference with the theme “Impact of Conflicts and Disasters on Child Labour” was organised to mark the 2017 UN World Day against Child Labour, celebrated annually on June 12.
   Akintola said that of the rescued children, 117 were reunited with their families, and six repatriated, while 38 traffickers and 107 end users were arrested during the period.
Earlier  the Head, Women Development and Child Rights Programme, Omotayo Mala-Adebayo,  said that conflicts in the homes were the root cause of child trafficking and labour and appealed to government at all levels to implement the child rights laws to stop menace of child labour and trafficking.