Nigeria: Senators Push for Life Jail for Human Traffickers, Slave Trading

12 March 2014

The Senate is advocating life jail for anyone caught in human trafficking and others acts of slave trade.

This move followed the report on a bill, Traffic in Persons (Prohibition) Act (Amendment) 2013, which was submitted to the Senate by the Senate Committee on Judiciary yesterday.

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