FG Rescues Two More Girls Trafficked To Ghana

THE Nigerians in Di­aspora Commission, (NIDCom) has res­cued two Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Ghana for prostitution.

NIDCom Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, con­firmed this in a statement issued by the commis­sion’s Director of Media, Public Relations and Pro­tocols Unit, Abdur-Rah­man Balogun, Recall that the commission had res­cued 11 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Ghana for prostitution last week.

Dabiri-Erewa said the two girls whose rescue op­eration was facilitated by the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Gha­na, under the leadership of the Chairman, BOT, Chief Calistus, are currently in safe custody.

She further reiterated her call for concerted ef­forts in combating human trafficking in all ramifica­tions as it is another form of modern-day slavery.

According to Dabiri- Erewa, one of the two girls is from Edo State, while the other is from Lagos but both of them reside in Lagos State.

She added that arrange­ments will be made to get them back to Nigeria and hand them over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).