Human Trafficking, Three More Girls Rescued From Ghana

Human Trafficking: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has said that human trafficking will not be a thing of the past if perpetrators and agents are not exposed and shamed.

Dabiri-Erewa made this assertion in Lagos while receiving another set of three girls trafficked to Ghana at the NIDCOM, Lagos office on Thursday. The three girls were thereafter handed over to NAPTIP.

 She thanked the Chairman , NIDO Ghana Board of Trustees, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa who has been consistent in the war against trafficking by working with the Ghanaian security agencies to rescue them, the Nigerian Embassy in Ghana for effective consular support and the First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu for helping with the transportation. 

She said while NAPTIP has been rescuing and arresting traffickers, human trafficking is on the increase globally because people are shying away from naming and shaming those behind the modern day slavery.

In the last few months over 169 Nigerians have been repatriated back to the country from Ghana.

The latest returnees ages 17 to 19 from Bayelsa and Ebonyi states, Divine, Favour and Bright, claimed that their Aunties lured them into the sexual trade in Ghana under the guise of helping them to secure job there.

In line with collaborative efforts between NiDCOM and NAPTIP, the girls were handed over to NAPTIP for proper profiling and reintegration.