The Lagos State Police Command Tuesday said not less than 27 foreigners who are suspected human trafficking victims have been rescued in Lagos.
The police also stated that the victims were to be trafficked out of the country by their agent.
The victims were rescued after receiving a tip from the team Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the command at Isheri Oshun area of the state.
The police during a briefing at the command headquarters Ikeja by the spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, communicated the development on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Jimoh Moshood.
He said as soon as the police received the information, operatives moved into the area and rescued the victims who were locked up in an apartment.
“Those rescued were 18 male and 19 female, some of them were Ghanian while some are from Benin Republic.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that they were all lured into the country under the guise of getting them job,” he stated.