The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has dismantled a suspected transnational criminal network linked to the notorious QNET/IGNITE syndicate, rescuing two alleged victims of human trafficking and arresting 12 suspected members, including the group’s alleged foreign kingpin, during coordinated operations in Lagos and Ogun states.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Service Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration, DCI, Akinsola Akinlabi.
According to the statement, the suspected leader of the syndicate, identified as Ouattra Adama, a Burkinabé national, was arrested alongside 11 other suspected facilitators comprising eight Liberians and three Cameroonians.
Akinlabi said the operation was carried out following credible intelligence on the activities of trafficking syndicates involved in irregular migration and other forms of transnational organised crime.
During the operation, immigration operatives rescued two Liberian nationals believed to have been lured and exploited by the suspected syndicate through fraudulent schemes.
The statement noted
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