The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command says it rescued 40 victims of human trafficking and arrested 10 traffick offenders in the year 2020.

The NIS Comptroller in the state, Usman Babangida, made this known to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan, NAN reports.

Babangida said 30 of the rescued victims were Beninese, five Togolese and five Nigerians.

He warned those who engage in human trafficking to desist from such act before the full wrath of the law falls on them.

The Comptroller further revealed that 35 of the victims had been reunited with their families while five were repatriated.