Houston Police Department has
arrested Dafe Sejebor, former group general manager of National Petroleum
Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), over his alleged involvement in human
trafficking.
Sejebor was arrested along 46
others in an investigation that lasted 10 days with focus on Fort Bend County
and the Katy areas of Texas.
Sejebor was fired from NAPIMS, a
subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in August
2015.
According to Click2Houston, the
47 suspects arrested include 27 woman and 20 men.
It added that eight were
confirmed as victims, including 2 juveniles, another eight charged with sex and
human trafficking-related offenses.
Some of those charged with sex
and human trafficking also face other charges related to unlawful possession of
weapons, and narcotics charges and possession of controlled substances, tampering
with evidence and prostitution.
“We are here to help, first and
foremost. We understand the problem of human trafficking. We understand what it
does to the victim, how to fix the victim,” said John Wall, an officer with the
Houston police department vice-division.
“We understand they are scared to
come forward, but we are going to do everything in our power to keep them safe,
give them the services they need to move forward in life.
“If you think about it, children
(and) young adults spend and an enormous amount of time on social media, and
they are vulnerable. They don’t understand the risk involved in talking to
individuals they don’t know on that type of forum.
“And, at the end of the day, we
hope we can put the trafficker where he belongs, and that’s in prison.”
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