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Securities operatives have rescued not less than 10 teenage Nigerian ladies across the ages of 15 and 16 after they have been trafficked to neighbouring Ghana for prostitution.
In a now-viral video, the younger ladies claimed that they have been lured into Ghana by a person, who occurred to be a brother to one in every of them and he ended up utilizing them as “money-making machines.”
They alleged additional that every one the cash they have been making from the prostitution had been taken away from them by their traffickers.
Among the ladies claimed they hail from Imo State whereas others stated they’re from Plateau State.
When contacted, the spokesman of the Nationwide Company for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Individuals (NAPTIP), Vincent Adekoye for remark, stated the company was conscious of the state of affairs.
He promised that the company had began an investigation into the matter and would reply to all of the calls for made by the women within the video.
He wrote: “The Company has commenced full-scale investigations following the directive of the DG to determine the placement of victims, any contact quantity, and different particulars that may assist our swift intervention in the direction of rescuing them. The Company has additionally opened discussions with related companions in Ghana on the matter.
“NAPTIP is severely disturbed by the video and shall do every little thing inside its mandate to reply to their calls for and likewise carry their trafficker to justice. It solicits helpful info from all stakeholders on the matter.”
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Fee, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, additionally confirmed the event in a video posted on her verified X, previously Twitter.
She stated; “These are younger ladies trafficked to Ghana for prostitution. We thank Chief Callistus, Chairman, Nido Ghana for making certain the arrest of the evil perpetrator. I’m positive @naptipnigeria will observe up. Very, very heartbreaking.”
These are younger ladies trafficked to Ghana for prostitution . We thank Chief Callistus, Chairman, Nido Ghana for making certain the arrest of the evil perpetrator. I’m positive @naptipnigeria will observe up,Very , very heartbreaking pic.twitter.com/zgkPCcGFx6
— abikedabiri (@abikedabiri) June 7, 2024
This comes almost a month after the Edo Zonal command of NAPTIP arrested a pretend Reverend sister over the alleged trafficking of 38 youngsters in Delta State.
The suspect, Ikejimba Maryvianney (alias Oluchi) 40 years outdated, and one Chidera, now at massive, got here to fulfill the dad and mom and persuaded them to permit their youngsters to observe them to their orphanage houses and that they might be given higher care.
The youngsters, it was learnt, have been handed over to the suspects by their dad and mom at a farm group in Enugu-Awka camp by Monastery, Ilah, Delta State.
Maryvianney was reportedly arrested by the NAPTIP following a tip-off.
When contacted, the NAPTIP zonal commander in Benin, Nduka Nwanwenne, who confirmed the incident stated the suspect was in custody.
He stated the suspect claimed to be educated in Ghana as a Reverend sister whereas their headquarters was within the Philippines.
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