The Nigeria Police have rescued two teenage girls allegedly trafficked from Ogoja, Cross River State, to Ivory Coast, where they were reportedly forced into commercial sex work.
The victims, identified as Victoria, 16, and Comfort, 17, were repatriated to Nigeria following the intervention of policemen attached to the Ogoja Divisional Headquarters.
The girls reportedly told officials that they were lured with promises of better opportunities but were instead taken to Ivory Coast, where they allegedly suffered exploitation, physical abuse and other forms of hardship.
In a separate operation, police officers also intercepted two other teenage girls who were allegedly being trafficked from Ogoja through Lagos to Ivory Coast.
The intervention reportedly prevented the girls from being taken out of the country and falling into the hands of the suspected trafficking syndicate.
Receiving the rescued girls, the wife of the Ogoja Local Government Council chairman, Mrs Christy Asari Agbeh, condemned child
