Barely two weeks after eight Ghanaians were arrested by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for attempted human trafficking, the command has also apprehended another set of four nationals from the same country for similar offence.
It was learnt that the arrest was made on Friday by NIS officials as the Ghanaians who were aged between 22 and 25 were transiting to Europe for alleged prostitution.
They were said to have entered Nigeria by road from Togo and Benin Republic, while they also planned to travel out of Nigeria through Egypt Air before they were apprehended by the immigration officials at the airport.
It would be recalled that like the eight apprehended recently, they were also on the verge of boarding an Egypt Air flight to Europe.
A source close to the command in Abuja, gave two names out of the four culprits as Asare Mary, 24 and Ameyaa Naomi, 23.
The four who were with Ghanaian international passports in their statements, confessed to the crime, saying they had attempted to use Nigeria as a transit point to connect Europe via Egypt Air.
The ladies, on further interrogation attributed, their voyage to hardship in Ghana, saying their sponsors bought them air tickets.
The four ladies were handed over to officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) for possible deportation back to their country.
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