231 trafficked Nigerian youths return from Ghana

No fewer than 231 Nigerian boys and girls who were trafficked to Ghana have safely returned home, through a coordinated rescue and repatriation effort led by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission.

Disclosing this in a statement on X.com Saturday, NiDCOM noted that the operation was supported by Wema Bank of Nigeria, the Office of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana.

The commission disclosed that the returnees, ranging in age from 15 to 38 years, had been trafficked and held in deplorable conditions, with many forced into cybercrime and subjected to confinement and abuse.

The statement partly read, “The intervention follows months of engagement initiated by the Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission along with Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, BOT Chairman (Rescue live Foundation International/NIDO Ghana), culminating in an agreement with Ghanaian authorities for their release

Most of the victims were exploited for cybercrime and endured confinement and abuse before their rescue.

“The boys and girls are ranging from 15 to 38 years from Edo (76 indigenes), Anambra (6 indigenes), Delta (17 indigenes), Bayelsa (13 indigenes), Imo (19 indigenes), Enugu (12 indigenes), Ebonyi (8 indigenes), Cross River (7 indigenes), Abia (9 indigenes), Niger (4 indigenes), Akwa Ibom (3 indigenes), Kogi (6 indigenes) Ondo (1 indigene), Osun (1 indigene) etc.”