Seven Nigerian girls from Plateau, Cross River and Edo States have been rescued from suspected human trafficking networks operating in Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by its President, Prosper Michael, the Global Anti-Human Trafficking Organisation said the rescue operation was in conjunction with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons.
The statement said the survivors were received by Nigerian authorities after returning from the West African countries, where they said they were subjected to exploitation after being promised legitimate employment opportunities.
Speaking after their rescue, 22-year-old Sandy Sophia from Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State said she travelled believing she would secure a decent job abroad.
“I asked countless times if it was prostitution, and they kept telling me it was not. It was only after we reached Burkina Faso that they finally admitted it was prostitution,”
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