The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has announced the rescue of 58 Nigerian women and children from human traffickers in Ghana.
The Chairman of the Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana informed NiDCOM Chair Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa about the rescue during her visit to the victims in Accra.
This rescue follows a similar operation last month where the Nigerian government freed at least 10 teenage girls, aged 15 to 16, from human trafficking and prostitution.
NiDCOM’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, revealed that the rescued individuals included 47 from Kano State, five from Katsina State, two from Jigawa State, and four from Kaduna State.
With this latest group, the total number of Nigerians rescued in Accra over the past three months now stands at 105.
“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.