I Collected N15,000, Says Vigilante Who Trafficked Schoolgirl To Burkina Faso

 

 

A young man who allegedly trafficked a a 14-year-old schoolgirl to Burkina Faso, and was apprehended by the Police, has confessed that he was paid N15,000.

 

According to PUNCH Metro, the susepct identified as Rasheed Salau, who is a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Ikorodu branch, claimed that he was not aware that the victim would be turned into a s-x worker.

 

He explained that he sent her to work with his mother, who owned a beer parlour in the West African country.

 

It was earlier reported that the schoolgirl, Risikatu Uthman, was declared missing after she followed a boyfriend on an outing in June 2018.

 

Although the boyfriend, a motor boy, denied knowledge of her whereabouts, he was arrested and arraigned in court.

 

After about two months, Risikatu was brought home by a Good Samarithan, who found her in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

 

While speaking to a correspondent, Risikatu said that as she was returning home, she was abducted by Rasheed, who claimed to be a policeman, adding that together with eight other girls, they were trafficked to Burkina Faso, where they were forced into prostitution.

 

The 14-year-old said she was rescued by the police and taken to the Nigerian embassy, from where she found her way back to Nigeria. Policemen attached to the Ikorodu area command subsequently arrested the suspect.

 

Rasheed while confessing his crimes at the state police command headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday, said he was a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, and a bricklayer.

 

He said, “I met her (Risikatu) at my friend’s place. I asked her why she left her parents’ house and she said her parents chased her away from home to look for work.