{"id":3520,"date":"2025-04-19T20:51:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T20:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2025-04-19T20:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T20:51:30","slug":"human-trafficking-additional-three-girls-rescued-from-ghana-bringing-the-number-to-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/04\/19\/human-trafficking-additional-three-girls-rescued-from-ghana-bringing-the-number-to-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Trafficking: Additional Three\u00a0 Girls Rescued from Ghana, bringing the number to 200\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Our Reporter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As the fight to end human trafficking in the country increases, three more girls trafficked to Ghana returned home Thursday as Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,\u00a0 Chairman\/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) put the numbers of those rescued from Ghana so far at about 200.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Director of Press in the agency Mr.Abdu-Rahman Balogun on Friday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The NIDCOM boss noted that human trafficking will not stop if perpetrators and agents are not exposed and shamed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The three girls trafficked to Ghana were at the NIDCOM, Lagos office on Thursday and thereafter handed over to NAPTIP.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0She thanked the Chairman , NIDO Ghana Board of Trustees, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa who has been consistent in the war against trafficking by working with the Ghanaian security agencies to rescue them, the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana for effective consular support and Her Excellency the First Lady , Mrs Oluremi Tinubu (MON) for generously helping out with\u00a0 transportation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She said while NAPTIP has been rescuing and also arresting traffickers, human trafficking is on the increase globally because people are shying away from naming and shaming those behind the modern day slavery.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the last few months about 200 Nigerians have been repatriated back to the country from Ghana.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The latest returnees ages 17 to 19 from Bayelsa and Ebonyi states, Divine, Favour and Bright, claimed that their Aunties lured them into the sexual trade in Ghana under the guise of helping them to secure jobs and there.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In line with collaborative efforts between NiDCOM and NAPTIP, the girls were handed over to NAPTIP for proper profiling and reintegration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The NIDCOM Chairman, as done in previous cases, in the past, personally took care of their accommodation in Lagos and paid for their transportation back to their states.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporter As the fight to end human trafficking in the country increases, three more girls trafficked to Ghana returned home Thursday as Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,\u00a0 Chairman\/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) put the numbers of those rescued from Ghana so far at about 200. 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