Three More Trafficked Nigerian Girls Rescued From Ghana, 200 Rescued So Far – NIDCOM Reveals

The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has reported that approximately 200 trafficked individuals have been rescued from Ghana to date.

In a statement on Thursday, April 17, signed by the Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit NiDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Dabiri-Erewa noted that three additional girls who had been trafficked to Ghana returned home recently.

She emphasised that the fight against human trafficking will remain ineffective unless the perpetrators and their accomplices are identified and publicly condemned.

The three girls, who were trafficked to Ghana, visited the NIDCOM office in Lagos on Thursday before being transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Dabiri-Erewa expressed her gratitude to Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, Chairman of the NIDO Ghana Board of Trustees, for his unwavering commitment to combating trafficking by collaborating with Ghanaian security forces to facilitate rescues.

She also acknowledged the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana for their effective consular assistance and thanked Her Excellency, First Lady Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu (MON), for her generous support in providing transportation.

She pointed out that while NAPTIP has been actively involved in rescuing victims and apprehending traffickers, the global incidence of human trafficking continues to rise due to a reluctance among individuals to expose and denounce those responsible for this modern form of slavery.

In recent months, around 200 Nigerians have been repatriated from Ghana.

The latest returnees, aged between 17 and 19 and hailing from Bayelsa and Ebonyi states, named Divine, Favour, and Bright, reported that their aunts had deceived them into the sex trade in Ghana under the pretence of helping them find employment.

Naijaonpoint reports that by the joint initiatives of NIDCOM and NAPTIP, the girls were transferred to NAPTIP for thorough profiling and reintegration.

The Chairman of NIDCOM, as has been the practice in earlier instances, personally arranged their accommodation in Lagos and covered their transportation costs back to their respective states.