He said anybody found guilty of human trafficking offences should be given a life sentence jail term.
According to him, such penalty would help to discourage the spread of the inhuman business.
``I want the government to review the law regulating human trafficking activities so that those involved in the inhuman trade could be sentenced to life imprisonment.
``Even those parents, who encourage their wards to engage in human trafficking or child labour, should be arrested to face the wrath of the law,’’ Ogbu said.
He promised that the command would wage serious war against human traffickers in the area.
The command recently apprehended two separate gangs of traffickers who were caught allegedly trying to smuggle some youths to Mali and Benin Republic for prostitution and street trading.
The command had since handed over the suspects and victims to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Offences (NAPTIP).
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