The victims. Photo: GHATO
Three women from Plateau State have recounted how they were lured with fake job offers and trafficked to Mali for prostitution.
The victims, Becky Ibrahim, Blessing Nanging and Miracle Yakubu, were recently rescued and returned to Nigeria through the intervention of the Global Anti-Human Trafficking Organisation.
Speaking at a programme in Lagos on Saturday, the women said they had initially accepted offers of jobs in Lagos because of poverty and unemployment, only to discover they had been trafficked across borders into Mali.
Becky Ibrahim, a 35-year-old widow and mother of three, said she was approached in Jos by a man who promised to help her secure employment in Lagos.
