The Nigeria Immigration Service Airport Command, Lagos, has intercepted nine girls who were to be trafficked through the airport to Lebanon, Cairo, Dubai, and India on Ethiopian, Peace, Egypt and East Airlines, respectively. The service said the girls were prevented from departing the country after they failed to respond to questions about the purpose of their trip. The NIS spokesman, DCI Sunday James, explained in a statement on Saturday that four of the victims claimed that they were going to take up employment without knowing their employers or the nature of the job. It said, “The shady journey was organized