The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said Friday 13 trafficked Nigerian girls have been rescued and returned back to their homes from Ghana.
So far 163 girls have been rescued by NiDCOM this year.
“The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission alongside other stakeholders have rescued another set of 13 trafficked girls from Ghana, thus bringing the total repatriated back to the country within five months to 163,” said NiDCOM’s spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in a statement.
“Among the 163 included the 13 girls that were rescued and brought back to Nigeria over the weekend.
“The rescued young girls, ages 19 to 30 years, are from Ebonyi, Benue, Kaduna and Rivers states.
“They were lured to Ghana under the false promises of employment but were instead forced into exploitative situations and bound by an oath of secrecy, while the traffickers are making money off the dastardly act,” the statement read in part.
