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93 Nigerian Girls Trafficked To Mali Rescued by NAPTIP
Nov 16, 2011 – 93 Nigerian Girls Trafficked To Mali Rescued by NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons, NAPTIP rescued 93 Nigerian Girls trafficked to Mali for prostitution and other related matters.
Beatrice Jedy-Agba, The Executive Secretary of NAPTIP, at a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, said that 9 human traffickers were also arrested with the support of the Malian authorities.
Jedy-Agba said the agency moved into action when it discovered that Nigerians were holding fellow Nigerians in slavery for prostitution in Mali. During the raid in Mali, the Agency discovered that some of the brothels housed young Nigerians between the ages of 14 and 17. (https://naijagists.com)
According to her, the operation to rescue the victims from Mali was necessitated by numerous disturbing reports from a variety of sources that the girls were being used as sex slaves.
The young girls will be rehabilitated before they are sent back to their states of origin and any of the victims who does not wish to return to her state would be adequately taken care of.
The nine suspected traffickers repatriated with the girls are currently being interrogated, and will be prosecuted by the Agency.
Jedy-Agba said human trafficking posed a threat to the security of a nation and its well being, adding that for the crime to be eradicated, all hands need to be on deck.
“In order to tackle the growing menace, there is a need to take a holistic and coordinated national approach to address predisposition factors.
“Such factors include poverty, ignorance, unemployment and the gradual erosion of our cultural values,” she said.
The 93 victims are from 17 of the 36 states in Nigeria, with the largest number of them (49) being from Edo State.(dailytimes)
Harri
November 16, 2011 at 5:58 AM
The girls do they deliberately on their own concord to go or was a juujuooøööö Naija
Harri
November 16, 2011 at 6:02 AM
Do they girls deliberately concord to go or is it juujuuöö Naija
Sirlongs datom
November 16, 2011 at 7:10 AM
Let them face d law pls
Usenu Esiri
November 16, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Wetin poverty go cos 4dis country 2d extent no respect 4human life
umar sanda alfa
November 16, 2011 at 9:33 AM
why allowest nigeria in bad ways.
Ifeanyi
November 16, 2011 at 11:21 AM
how 93 young girls they take pass the bounders.let them face the law pls
samuel p pamso
November 16, 2011 at 12:26 PM
nawaaoooo, God help uss ooo
Surajudeen Ajal
November 16, 2011 at 12:51 PM
My name is Surajudeen Ajala ex chairman of Yoruba community here in Mali.I was happy and thank our Ambassador his excellency Sony Abang for his effort to see that President take action on this human trafficking here in Mali.
I will be happy if NAPTIP can come back here again because 104 is too small,we have about 800 girls here in Mali that doing prostitute job and is a big same to we Nigerians here,Kayes is a state here in Mali if you reach there you will meet at least 600 Nigerians girls doing this job.
Queen
November 16, 2011 at 1:19 PM
Show no mercy on them
henry
November 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM
dis is ridiculous, imagine 93 girls being used as a hawkin machine (sex retailin).all perpetrators shld nt allot 2 go scot free.
Coolex.g
November 16, 2011 at 10:07 PM
God save dis generation
Mamsie
January 12, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I thought this Nigerians were using SA girls, there are so many girls who disappeared with out trace here in Mzansi,speculations are, they are lured by these Nigerians guys who have invaded SA.