NIDCOM rescues other girls trafficked to Ghana for prostitution

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that the man arrested in connection with trafficking teenage girls to Ghana for prostitution will be charged in court this week.

Dabiri-Erewa also revealed that in addition to the ten girls aged between 15 and 18 previously rescued, an undisclosed number of girls were also rescued.

She stated this in a series of tweets on X while responding to questions from other Nigerians on Saturday morning.

Recall that a video had gone viral on Friday showing some of the girls, including three siblings, narrating their experience.

According to the victims, who were promised a better life, they were beaten, assaulted and forced into prostitution without pay while their phones were seized and were unable to contact their parents.

“They entrust us to men, and they don’t give us money; they collect everything,” one of the girls said in the video.

But Dabiri-Erewa revealed that the girls shown in the video were rescued after a tip-off from NIDO, the umbrella body for Nigerians living in Ghana.

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She said: “As I speak, a few more girls have been rescued in Ghana. The culprit will be charged next week as we work to bring the girls home.

“But here's the challenge: As these people are rescued, three times as many of them are endangered. Tampered with.

She also called for convicted traffickers to be named and shamed to deter the menace, adding that the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is already working in this direction.

“Honestly, traffickers need to be named and shamed!” They are worse than the drug lords. And as long as they move freely, young, innocent children will continue to be trafficked! » she said in another tweet.