The Kwara State Government is seeking stronger security cooperation to improve border surveillance, monitor migration and combat human trafficking across the state.
The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ibrahim Sulyman, disclosed this during separate visits to the state commands of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ilorin.
The development was contained in a statement issued on Friday, July 24, 2026, by Janet Bogunjoko, Press Secretary of the Kwara State Ministry of Justice, ahead of the 2026 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30.
Sulyman, who chairs the Kwara State Task Force on Human Trafficking, said closer cooperation among security agencies was needed to strengthen border controls, improve migrant profiling and disrupt trafficking networks.
Represented by Funke Balogun, Director of the Ministry’s Gender-Based Violence Response Unit and secretary of the task force, he expressed concern over the movement of irregular migrants into Kwara without proper profiling, describing it as a security concern.
He said improved data tracking and coordinated monitoring by relevant agencies at the borders and across the state were essential to addressing insecurity.
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While acknowledging Nigerians’ constitutional right to reside anywhere in the country, Sulyman said people moving into Kwara should have legitimate reasons for doing so.
He urged the NIS, NSCDC and other security agencies to support the state’s anti-trafficking efforts.
The Kwara Coordinator of the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour, Olufemi Oyedeji, called for decisive action against traffickers, noting that women and girls remained particularly vulnerable.
The NIS Kwara Comptroller, Hussain Ibrahim, represented by Deputy Comptroller Saka Jimoh, pledged the command’s support for the task force, including logistics and other assistance.
Jimoh urged the task force to take its awareness campaigns to markets and religious centres to expose trafficking tactics and prevent exploitation.
The NSCDC Commandant in Kwara, Abbas Mohammed, also pledged continued support and promised closer cooperation with the NIS at the state’s borders to combat trafficking and strengthen security.
The renewed inter-agency effort comes ahead of the July 30, 2026, World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, as Kwara intensifies efforts to close monitoring gaps and protect vulnerable people from trafficking networks.