Another group of 58 Nigerian women and children have been rescued from human traffickers in Ghana, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said.
The Chairman of Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana, disclosed this to the NiDCOM boss, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, when she stopped by to visit the trafficked victims at their location in Accra.
The latest rescue comes a month after the Nigerian government rescued at least 10 Nigerian teenage girls, ages between 15 and 16, from human trafficking and prostitution.
This was contained in a statement on Saturday by NiDCOM’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun.
According to the statement, the rescued victims comprised 47 Nigerians of Kano State origin, five from Katsina State, two from Jigawa State and four from Kaduna State.
The latest figures bring the total number of rescued Nigerians in Accra in the last three months to 105, Balogun noted.
“A total number of 58 new set of Nigerian women and children were rescued from Human Traffickers in Ghana thus bringing the total number of rescued Nigerians in Accra in the last three months to 105,” the statement read.
“Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, Chairman, NIDCOM Board of Trustees in Ghana disclosed this to the NIDCOM Chairman/CEO, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, when she stopped by to visit the trafficked victims at their location in Accra.
“The rescued women and children are on their way back to Nigeria where they will be properly profiled and counselled by NAPTIP, reunited with their families and rehabilitated by their various state governments.”
He stated the earlier rescued girls had been repatriated to the country.
The victims were said to have been lured to Ghana with promises of a better life but were instead forced into prostitution.
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