25 women have been saved from a human trafficking ring thanks to the work of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
The women suspected of being victims of labor exploitation were traveling to Saudi Arabia before being intercepted in Abuja, Nigeria, according to NAPTIP spokesman Vincent Adekoye in a statement.
The victims had gathered in front of a well-known hotel in the opulent Wuse II, Abuja, and were waiting for their trafficker.
The victims, who range in age from 17 to 43 years old, claimed that some people had arranged for them to travel to Saudi Arabia to work as domestic workers, specifically house workers.
“Some people visited our village and promised to let me work as a housekeeper in Saudi Arabia abroad. They assured us that our employment there will provide for our families and that we will be able to visit and visit.
They requested that we wait for them here so they could give us the travel document and the necessary travel instructions. One of the victims reportedly claimed that neither of them is coming to our house as promised despite them not having provided any documents, including an international passport or a visa.
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Binta Bello, the director general of NAPTIP, criticized the traffickers’ activities and warned that some trafficking gangs now coordinate trafficking in Abuja.
She continued, “The sad thing about this is that they (unsuspecting victims) jumped at the chance to work for the traffickers without understanding the agonizing circumstances and level of exploitation that lay ahead of them in the destination country.”
Source: Channels TV
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