NAPTIP denies being responsible for the denial of Visa for the Under 17 female basketball team by the Spanish embassy
The 2016 FIBA U-17 World Championship began on Wednesday June 22 in Spain without Nigeria's team following the refusal of the Spanish Embassy in Lagos to give the team travelling visas. It is being alleged that the Anti Human Trafficking Agency (NAPTIP) was responsible for the denial. However, the Acting Director General of NAPTIP, Alhaji Abdulrazak Dangiri has vehemently denied the allegation by the Nigerian Basketball Federation that the agency was instrument to the denial of the Visa. (more…)