Two suspected human traffickers were on Friday apprehended for luring some Nigerians to Libya with the promise of taking them to Europe.
They were apprehended after they were identified by their victims during the profiling of one hundred and sixty-four Nigerians who voluntarily returned from the volatile North African country.
Spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South West Zone, Ibrahim Farinloye said the suspected traffickers have been handed over to officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further investigation.
According to him, the two men were among the new batch of 164 returnees who arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos about 12.15 a.m. on Friday.
He said the Nigerians were brought by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme that would end in April 2020.