Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo StateEdo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday vowed to deploy the state powers and resources to break the human trafficking cartel and end the illicit trade in the state.
He described human trafficking as the greatest security challenge facing his administration.
Obaseki said this when he received a delegation of the management and members of Edo Forum of Patriots (EFP), led by its chairman, Aiyamenkhue Edokpolor, who paid a courtesy visit to the governor at Government House, Benin City.
“Human Trafficking has become a security threat in the state, as over 10,000 young men and women were trafficked within 12 months and more than 30 per cent of them lost their lives in the process.
“Human trafficking is one disaster that has befallen us as a people since the European invasion of 1897. Even before the invasion, Edo people were never sold to slavery because we had a very powerful army” he stated.
Edo government vows to move against human trafficking cartel
