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From Tony Osauzo, Benin
An 18-year old girl, Faith Joseph ,yesterday, narrated how she refused to engage in prostitution in Mali after she was tricked that she was going for a job in Lagos but ended up being trafficked to the Sahel country.
She told journalists, while speaking at the premises of the Edo State Migration Agency in Benin City that she was working as a maid in Afuze, Owan East Local Government, when she was told there was a sales girl job in Lagos .
Faith’s parents were said to have raised the alarm when they discovered that their daughter was trafficked to Mali, where she was rescued back to Nigeria with the support of the Edo Migration Agency.
Faith stated that she refused to engage in prostitution when she got to Mali, adding that she later ran into the police station from where she was rescued.
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“I was told I would work in Lagos as a sales girl. When we got to Lagos at night, we slept in a hotel.
“The following day, we went to Cotonou and in Cotonou, I complained that we have passed Lagos State, she said we have not reached our destination. In Cotonou, she handed me to a driver,who took me to Mali the next day. In Mali, they took me to a lady, but I saw that it was not what I was told. What they are doing there in prostitution and I told her I would not do prostitution.
“I said I told her that I would like to go back home. She said I couldn’t go back until they would bring another person to replace me. I was in Mali for three weeks before I ran to the police station.
“Life was not easy for me in Mali because I refused to do prostitution. It was people that were giving me money to eat until I was rescued”, Faith narrated.
In his remarks, Director General of the Edo Migration Agency, Lucky Agazumah, urged the people of the state to report cases of human trafficking, adding that Governor Okpebholo was resolute to tackle human traffickers and ensured they are prosecuted.
