Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has appointed three traditional rulers in the state as members of a 42-member Task Force Team to prevent human trafficking in the state.
“Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state has blazed the trail by identifying traditional rulers in the state with some specific roles in addition to their cultural and heritage custordianship.”
Inaugurating the Ogun State Task Force Team of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in Abeokuta, Governor Abiodun, represented by his deputy, Engnr. Noimot Salako-Oyede announced the appointment of Oba Olufemi Adewunmi Ogunleye, Towulade Akinale, (Ewekoro Local Government) Oba Adeyinka Onakade, Alakenne of Ikenne (Ikenne Local Government) and Oba Mojeed Adesegun Rufai Alao, Olowo of Owo, (Yewa South Local Government), as members of the Task Force.
Other members include representatives of youth organizations, various professionals including security specialists across the state and Hon Akingbolahan Adeniran, the Ogun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, as chairman.
Dame Julie Okah-Donli, the Director Geberal of NAPTIP charged members of the Task Force to gird their loins in readiness for battle against the criminals who traffic in humans, explaining that the crime and human rights infringement had not isolated their neighbourhood as indigenes of Ogun State take significant percentage of rescued victims.