Accra, Ghana – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has rescued a group of 58 Nigerian women and children from human traffickers in Ghana. This brings the total number of rescued Nigerians in Accra in the last three months to 105.
The Chairman of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Organisation (NiDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, revealed this information to the Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa during her visit to the trafficked victims in Accra.
According to a statement by the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the breakdown of the rescued victims is as follows: 47 from Kano State, five from Katsina State, two from Jigawa State, and four from Kaduna State.
The latest rescue follows the Nigerian government’s intervention last month, where they saved at least 11 Nigerian teenage girls, aged 15 to 16, from human trafficking and prostitution. It added that some of the suspected agents have equally been arrested and handed over to security agencies and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for necessary profiling and prosecutions.
Dabiri-Erewa praised the efforts of stakeholders and stated that the rescued women and children are being transported back to Nigeria, where they will be properly profiled and counseled by NAPTIP, reunited with their families, and rehabilitated by their respective state governments.
The victims were allegedly enticed to Ghana with promises of a better life but were ultimately forced into prostitution.
