War Against Trafficking ends in style as DG NAPTIP Abdulrazak Dangiri and Kenneth Okonkwo Deliver Powerful Speeches

DG NAPTIP, Abdulrazak Dangiri and Barr Kenneth Okonkwo 

It was another day of warring against Trafficers in persons as the Acting Director General of NAPTIP, Abdulrazak Dangiri, in a keynote address delivered during the public lecture on the 29th of July, 2016  organized by the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Abuja Chapter, declares that "In years ahead and as the world marks this year's day against trafficking in persons, naptip reiterates its determination to drive the fight to a point where those engaged in human trafficking will tell themselves that the fear of naptip may have come the beginning of wisdom and begin to look for better things to do.

Acting Director General of NAPTIP, Abdulrazak Dangiri,

Be rest assured that naptip will get all traffickers down no matter where they are hiding while rescue operations for victims remain a priority. This is a war we must win and together it shall be done."

Barr Kenneth Okonkwo

He praised the Actors Guild and said he was "particularly impressed by the fact that the actors guild has headed the clarion call by our agency, the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons  (NAPTIP) to all concerned stakeholders to engage with the agency in the all important campaign to create awareness on the dangers of human trafficking and its effect on the society and as whole."

AGN Chairman, Abuja Chapter, Onwurah Agility

Delivering the main lecture of the day on the LAWS ON WOMEN AND CHILD TRAFFICKING, the Nollywood veteran, Barr Kenneth Okonkwo enumerated the stiff punishment prescribed by the law against traffickers to include:        

Mrs Patricia Akpangbo, Ekesons Parcels Service

      i) Imprisonment and Fine
      In our criminal justice system, most crimes are punished by
      imprisonment with an option of fine. In the trafficking of women and
      children, the crimes are punished by imprisonment and a fine or at
      best with imprisonment without an option of fine. This means that
      whoever indulges in such acts in Nigeria must go to jail.


      

 ii) Forfeiture of assets and properties of the traffickers
      A court, in imposing a sentence on any person under the Act shall in
      addition to any other sentence imposed under the Act, order that the
      person forfeits to the Victims of Trafficking Trust Fund all properties,
      assets and proceeds derived or obtained, directly or indirectly,
      through the commission of an offence under the Act.



 iii) Trafficer to pay compensation to victim
      Where an offender is convicted of an offence under the Act, the Court
      may order the offender to pay compensation to the victim, in addition
      to any other punishment ordered by the Court.

iv) Trafficer banned for life from travelling outside Nigeria
      The passport of any Nigerian convicted of an offence under the Act is
      forfeited to the Federal Government, and such forfeited passport shall
      be handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service for appropriate
      action, and shall not be returned to that person unless the President
      directs otherwise, after the grant of a pardon on the exercise of
      prerogative of mercy under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
      Nigeria.

 v) Trafficer to be extradited
      Offences under the Act are extraditable crimes for which extradition
      may be requested, granted or obtained under the Extradition Act.

He concluded that with these laws, Nigeria has demonstrated a zero tolerance for trafficking in persons and submitted that no sensible person should indulge in such nefarious acts in Nigeria

The AGN Chairman, Abuja Chapter, Onwurah Agility, thanked all for their participation in all the events

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