Trafficking: 58 Nigerians rescued in Ghana, Dabiri-Erewa

Stanley Ihedigbo

A total number of 58 new set of Nigerian women and children were rescued from Human Traffickers in Ghana thus bringing the total number of rescued Nigerians in Accra in the last three months to 105.

Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, 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 as
Kano 47, Katsina 5, Jigawa 2 and Kaduna 4.

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 in Ghana, Amb. Ifedayo Adeoye have also been repatriated back to Nigeria.

A total of 105 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 National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for necessary profiling and prosecutions.

Dabiri-Erewa, commended NIDO Ghana, under the leadership of the Board of Trustees 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 are on their way back to Nigeria where they will be properly profiled and counselled, by NAPTIP, reunite with their families and rehabilitated by their various state governments