Ten Nigerian teenagers have been rescued from the hands of human traffickers who lured the girls between the ages of 14-16 into prostitution in Ghana.
The girls including three from the same family were rescued due to efforts of the the Nigerian community living in Ghana. A suspect a Nigerian male, is already in police custody.
Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the girls were beaten, molested, and forced into prostitution without pay, saying that their phones were reportedly seized, and they were unable to contact their parents.
According to one of the girls, “They give us out to men, and they don’t give us money; they collect everything.”
Callistus Elozieuwa, the Chairman of NIDO, the umbrella body for Nigerians living in Ghana appealed for support to ensure the girls’ safe return to Nigeria.
Dabiri-Erewa called on the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to take decisive action, describing the situation as “very, very heartbreaking.”
