Cross State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has rescued 32 trafficked people this year.

Comptroller of Immigration, Funke Adeuyi, made this known while decorating 45 newly-promoted officers of the command in Calabar.

Adeuyi said the trafficked people were rescued at different border posts in the state by the command’s Anti-Human Trafficking/Child Labour Unit.

The comptroller said the command had also arrested some suspected traffickers but could not elaborate.

She said the suspects had been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons alongside the victims.

Those decorated, include four assistant comptrollers, who were promoted to deputy comptrollers, among others.

The comptroller advised the newly-decorated officers to see their new ranks as a call to hard work and dedication to service.

Responding on behalf of the promoted officers, a new Deputy Comptroller of Immigration, Nyong Asuquo, thanked the service for approving their promotions, pledging that they would work hard in line with the regulations of the NIS with a view to securing borders.