Nigerian police swooped in on a human trafficking den Saturday, pulling a 24-year-old Ghanaian from forced labor and nabbing five suspects—mix of locals and Ghanaians—who allegedly fleeced him and his father of nearly N5 million on a bogus Canada dream.

The bust, sparked by an Interpol Accra tip on September 15, unfolded via Lagos' Force Criminal Investigation Department annex, tracking the duo to Ofada after their July arrival.

Lured by 25-year-old Ghanaian Hassana Abban with promises of North American jobs for 40,000 cedis, the pair landed passports seized and phones silenced, shoved into scam online trades instead, Force spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin detailed Sunday.

Raiders hauled in Abban with Nigerian Odubuasi David and Ghanaians Yahaya Salifu, Sherifa Haruna, and Ebenezer Ofosu; all five cool heels in custody as probes deepen.

The young man reunited with kin back home, while Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun saluted the squad's cross-border grit: "No syndicate escapes the law's reach."

This echoes August's Akwa Ibom save of 20 Ghanaians and July's Abuja yank of Sammed Iddrisu from fake job hooks, underscoring Nigeria's frontline role in West African anti-trafficking nets amid rising lure-and-labor scams preying on economic migrants.