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US Police Arrest NAPIMS’ Ex-GGM, Dafe Sejebor For ‘Human Trafficking’

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Dafe Sejebor, a former group general manager of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) has been arrested by the Houston Police Department over his alleged involvement in human

Sejebor was picked up alongside 46 others in an investigation that lasted 10 days with focus on Fort Bend County and the Katy areas of Texas, a report BIGPEN ONLINE sourced from TheCable said.

According to the report, Sejebor who was retired from NAPIMS, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in August 2015 was arrested in a sting operation alongside 27 woman and 20 men, Click2Houston had reported.

The report says eight were confirmed as victims, including 2 juveniles, another eight charged with sex and human trafficking-related offenses.

The Houston Police Department, along with other agencies, held a news conference to announce multiple arrests made in a human trafficking investigation. Photo credit: Click2Houston

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.

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“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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