Nigerian authorities and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission have rescued 10 teenage girls from human trafficking and forced prostitution in Ghana.
According to the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the girls were rescued after a tip-off by NIDO, the umbrella body of Nigerians living in Ghana.
The victims were said to have revealed that they were beaten, molested, and forced into prostitution without pay.
Their phones were reportedly seized, and they were unable to contact their parents.
One of the girls responding to questions, said, “They give us out to men, and they don’t give us money; they collect everything.”
The Chairman of NIDO, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, 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.”
The victims, aged 15-16, were deceived with promises of a better life but were instead exploited and abused.
Three of the girls are siblings, and all were subjected to physical and sexual abuse, forced into prostitution without pay, and had their phones confiscated to isolate them from their families.
