Fifty passengers were hidden inside the lorry
ABUJA, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fifty persons from Zamfara state hidden inside Lorry loads of fruits were intercepted in Ilorin by officers of Kwara state police command.
They were intercepted at the Oyun area in the state capital after the trailer developed mechanical fault, prompting residents of the area to pay attention to the trailer.
While various fruits were piled up on top of the planks that were neatly arranged, no fewer than 50 men, women and children were hidden inside the lorry.
“It was when the trailer stopped that we closely see that human beings were hidden inside the trailer under the planks,” said a resident.
Kwara state public relations Officer DSP Kayode Okasanmi said that the passengers claimed they were from Zamfara State and were travelling to Ogbomoso to settle there.
He said, “We have ordered the trailer to return to the boundary of Kwara and Niger state, for onward journey to where they came from”. — NNN-AGENCIES