One of the girls who focused on prostitution in Ghana but were rescued by the Nigerian Diaspora Commission’s NIDCOM, spoke about her experiences.
The girls, between the ages of 17 and 19, had traffic to Ghana by their aunts from Bayersa and Akwa Ibom, but were brought back to Lagos on Wednesday.
Committee Chairman, Hon. While speaking to journalists in Lagos yesterday, Abike Dhabili Erewa said he was rescued with the assistance of Ghana’s High Commissioner for Nigeria.
The survivors were rescued in Ghana and then taken to a Lagos committee, where the committee was looked after by the committee before being dispatched to the state agency for profiling to prohibit trafficking in Naptip.
One survivor who narrated her experience in Ghana said she had lured her from Nigeria to Ghana.
Unfortunately, when she got there, after three days off, her aunt gave her a pack of condoms and asked her to stand on the street to call a man who would pay 100-150 Cedis before going to bed with her.
Survivors said she slept with many men for three months, as she had no choice than to do it. She also explained how she transferred to another woman.
Another survivor of Bayelsa state said she and her sister fled from their aunt after sending them to go on the streets for prostitution.
“As I was walking down the streets of Ghana, I met the man who had taken us to the police station, from which he was taken by Prime Minister Kalistas Erojwa and brought us to the Nigerian High Commissioner.
“It was a bad experience for us in Ghana. We refused our aunt’s request to go to prostitute, so before Nigeria rescued her, she started abusing us. We want to continue our education,” she said.
Meanwhile, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman/executive officer of NIDCOM, urged him to take care of his children at all times.
She said there are always families involved in human trafficking.
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“What we’ve been saying is that parents need to know who their children are related to. We’re a sister institution to Naptip that does everything to ensure traffickers get crushed.
“Four of the traffickers have been arrested, and 10 survivors are still in Ghana, but they will soon be back. Those arrested will be charged, but there should be awareness and orientation to stop trafficking among Nigerians.
“There are always people in the trafficking chain who know you, who know your family, who always convince you that you won’t tell your family about your movement.
“As I’m talking to you now, there are around 10 survivors in Ghana with Prime Minister Caristas. NIDCOM is only working with other sister agencies. We are all part of the government and we are multi-agency collaborations.
“So we don’t provide any support we can offer. Like these girls, we’re supporting them to get them back to their state.
“Naptip profiles them and makes them arrest traffickers, they need someone to take them to Ghana and arrest them.
“So we are going to provide logistic support to these innocent children and continue.
However, she praised Nigerian first lady Mrs. Orlemitinubu for providing transport to survivors who were in traffic to Ghana, Nigeria.
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