Two men in Ogun State, Akinsanya Oladimeji, 55, and Kehinde Rasheed, 45, are under investigation by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for allegedly trafficking their 15-year-old daughters, Adeola and Rokibat Adeyemi, to Libya in 2024. NAPTIP's Ogun State Commander, Bose Jimoh, confirmed the probe in a statement issued on Thursday. The girls were reportedly taken through the desert and delivered to Afusat Akinsanya, wife of one suspect and mother of Adeola, who has been in Libya since 2018. Rasheed, a widower, claimed in February 2025 that Afusat informed him his daughter Rokibat had died in Libya due to illness. He allegedly concealed the death until pressure from his late wife's family prompted him to admit involvement. The family reported the case to police, leading to the arrest of both men. The case was transferred to NAPTIP, which is investigating the circumstances of Rokibat's death and working to repatriate Adeola, who remains in Libya.
Kehinde Rasheed's attempt to hide his daughter's death in Libya until pressured by his late wife's family exposes a chilling breach of parental duty masked as migration strategy. The fact that a father would risk his child's life on a desert route for child labour, then delay disclosure of her death, points to a dangerous normalization of human trafficking within vulnerable communities.
This case reveals how economic desperation is being exploited through familial networks, with parents becoming conduits for the very crimes NAPTIP seeks to dismantle. The involvement of Afusat Akinsanya, who has been in Libya since 2018, suggests an established pathway that may extend beyond these two families.
Fifteen-year-old girls like Adeola and Rokibat represent a generation at risk when survival instincts override protection instincts in parenting. For poor families in Ogun and beyond, the promise of survival abroad is turning homes into recruitment grounds for trafficking rings.
When parents become traffickers, the lines between victim and perpetrator blur, signaling a deeper crisis of poverty, hopelessness, and institutional failure.
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