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Nigerian Girl Trafficked To Saudi Arabia To Work As Slave Appeals To FG For Freedom, Says Employer Has Locked Her Up

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Nigerian Girl Trafficked To Saudi Arabia To Work As Slave Appeals To FG For Freedom, Says Employer Has Locked Her Up

By The Nation

Several Nigerian girls trafficked to Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Oman and other Arab countries to work as maids have been turned into slaves, The Nation has learnt.

Among the victims are those identified as Iya Ibeji, Ayo, Monisola, Adejoke and Adefolakemi, who were said to have been trafficked to Saudi Arabia on December 30, last year.

Adefolakemi, The Nation learnt, was battling chronic depression and had collapsed twice at her master’s place because she was being made to work from 5am to 9pm, denied freedom and usually locked inside the house.

The victim, who was being threatened by her traffickers for insisting that she wanted to return to Nigeria, was asked to pay 18,000 Riyals (about N1,728,776) or serve her master for two years.

According to her, she was lured by her secondary schoolmate, Adetutu Kassim, who took her to meet one Olori Omolara, alias Mama T of LT Travel and Tours with the promise of a job and good salary. She said: “They told me that they would get a job for me and I would earn good salary. They never told me they were taking me to Saudi Arabia for modern slavery.

“Adetutu is in Oman, another Arab country. She took me to meet Mama T and Mama T now took me and some other girls to a hotel in Abuja, where we met an Arab agent called Ashiraf.

“We were taken to a hospital, to a doctor at Wuse for medical checkup, and on December 30, we left Nigeria through Ethiopian Airways.

“Before we left Nigeria, Olori said I had to pay her the first two months of my salary. I agreed to. They said my sponsor in Saudi Arabia paid for my ticket and visa and so I would have to go and work for the person. But when we arrived Saudi Arabia, I fell sick and they said my sponsor rejected me.

“They then gave me to another family, who said the paid 16,000 Riyals to the agency to take me. I was taken to the woman’s house, and she said that I would be on monthly salary of 750 Riyals. She said I was not allowed to go out.

“I do not have permits. She said I had to work daily from 5am to 9pm, and I was entitled to an hour break. I had to endure the unbearable conditions the first two months so that I could pay Olori.

“I paid the money. The woman I worked for was the one who sent it through Western Union. She never showed receipts but she told me she had sent the money and Adetutu usually acknowledged that Olori had received the money since I was not in contact with Olori.

“After paying the two months, I told them I wanted to go back home, but they refused, saying that I must pay 18,000 Riyals or work for the woman for two years before I could be freed. They took me to the police station and threatened to deal with me. But I told them that my health was failing and I could not continue with that kind of work. They refused to listen.

“I have been put under house arrest. They even sent a Nigerian woman to come and convince me to stay, and that if I refused, they would hand me over to the police and I would be gang-raped and sent to prison.

“I am going through hell here. The other girls are also not finding things easy but it seems they are still paying Olori because they said they were still in debt and have to continue suffering until they finished paying their debts.

“Honestly, this is modern slavery. I accepted the job when I was told because I felt since it was abroad, it would be better than Nigeria. I did not know that these people treat others like animals.

“When I complained to my madam that the work time was too much (16 hours daily), she agreed to give me an hour break, which was between 3pm and 4pm. But she later changed the break time to 10am-11am, saying she discovered that I used to rest when she was at school teaching.

“Please, I am begging Nigerian government to come and take me out of here before I die. My health is failing. Every day, I clean seven rooms, three toilets, two parlours, a kitchen and a big compound about four times. I wash and iron daily too. Now, I cannot even stand again because my legs are shaky.

“I wake up at 3:30 am every day and would work from 5am to 9pm. What kind of life is that? They said that is the law in Saudi. The woman tried to seize my phone the other day to stop me from communicating with my family. I don’t have a telephone number.

“I don’t have a SIM card. I chat on WhatsApp through my Nigerian line through the internet in the house. She has threatened to turn off the internet to cut me off.

“She said I cannot go anywhere unless my family paid her 18,000 Riyals. I told her to ask the agency she gave money to because they did not give me anything.

“I do not know anywhere here. I am not allowed to go out. Even if I want to throw waste, her son must accompany me. It’s slavery, modern slavery. Where will I get 18,000 Riyals?

“I am afraid here that something might happen to me. I fear that I might not return to Nigeria again. I fear I might die here. I am losing my mind.

“I think an agency in Saudi contacts Olori and she supplies girls to them. I don’t know their arrangements, but I know that at the end of the day, they are the ones benefitting while the girls are miserable, exploited.

“The woman I work for is Famita Mana AlDossari. They live in Alkhobar, after Dammam. Dammam is a popular state in Saudi. I need help please.”

 

9 Comments

9 Comments

  1. Adebola thompson

    April 21, 2018 at 5:57 AM

    Nigeria govt. Please hurry up and free this girl. Thanks.

    • DB

      April 21, 2018 at 12:33 PM

      Many are still on the queue waiting to go. Some agents go as far as advertising on radio that women are needed in Saudi to work as houshelps and people use their own hands to sign their death warrant. Shebi na Naija u de say we suppose send househelp go school, give dem nice things and treat dem like yor pikin, still una leave dat one go do house girl for Saudi! Now go tell them that for Saudi. It is here we call them househelps, they call them SLAVES.

  2. Adebola thompson

    April 21, 2018 at 7:35 AM

    Nigeria govt. Please hurry up and free this girl. Thanks.

  3. Mon

    April 21, 2018 at 9:13 AM

    As this administration is only good in reducing the population,i pray and hope God will use any of those good for nothing diplomats in Saudi to rescue her….

  4. Danti

    April 21, 2018 at 10:50 AM

    Meen, what other decent name can we call our animalistic people and leaders? Black race, we are just too awful!

  5. DAKEJA

    April 21, 2018 at 12:15 PM

    Saudi is a terrible place for foreign workers, especially those from the third world countries. Slavery is endemic and rife. I fear that without prompt Federal Government intervention this young girl could be killed with Saudi Government turning blind eye to her plight.

  6. DB

    April 21, 2018 at 12:33 PM

    Many are still on the queue waiting to go. Some agents go as far as advertising on radio that women are needed in Saudi to work as houshelps and people use their own hands to sign their death warrant. Shebi na Naija u de say we suppose send househelp go school, give dem nice things and treat dem like yor pikin, still una leave dat one go do house girl for Saudi! Now go tell them that for Saudi. It is here we call them househelps, they call them SLAVES.

  7. Jilo

    April 22, 2018 at 3:57 AM

    That is why we need to build our home first. It is disheartening to hear this is happening to some Nigerian youths. No girl should be going through this in this modern era. Working in Arab Countries is different from the way we work in Nigeria. They are not being sympathetic despite their religion. They look down on black people as slaves. There is one thing about we black race, we cannot solve our problem just because of our greediness. That is what is causing all these problems. We need to change our way of thinking in order to better govern ourselves.

  8. fifelomo

    April 22, 2018 at 6:06 AM

    Hmmm, this is the highest height of modern slavery! I could picture the writer present situation and I felt sorry for her…..a very good friend of mine once offered me this opportunity years ago and i rejected outrightly. So sad, for her to voice out, then this lady is not finding it funny not anymore. Its a pity, some will be leaving this country has we talk now…..cos they information, knowledge…..

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