Another group of 58 Nigerian women and children have been rescued from human traffickers in Ghana, thus bringing the total number of rescued Nigerians in Accra in the last three months to 105.
Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, chairman, Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana, disclosed this to the chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, when she stopped by to visit the trafficked victims at their location in Accra.
A statement by the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Saturday, gave the breakdown of those rescued to include 47 Nigerians of Kano State origin, five from Katsina State, two – Jigawa State, and four from Kaduna State.
Apart from the newly rescued ones, 11 more girls, earlier rescued and in the care of NIDO BoT Chairman, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, and the Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Amb. Ifedayo Adeoye, have been repatriated back to Nigeria.
LEADERSHIP reports that a total of 105 Nigerians have so far been rescued in the last few months.
The statement added that some of the suspected agents have equally been apprehended and handed over to security agencies and NAPTIP for necessary profiling and prosecutions.
Dabiri-Erewa commended NIDO Ghana, under the leadership of the BoT chairman, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, and his team and Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Amb. Ifedayo Adeoye, and his team, as well as Ghanaian law enforcement agencies, for their cooperation.
The rescued women and children were 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, the statement added.
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