{"id":112577,"date":"2024-06-16T02:21:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T01:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112577"},"modified":"2024-06-16T02:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T01:21:13","slug":"nigerian-teenage-girls-trafficked-to-ghana-arrive-in-lagos-nidcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-teenage-girls-trafficked-to-ghana-arrive-in-lagos-nidcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Teenage Girls Trafficked To Ghana Arrive In Lagos \u2013 NIDCOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says 10 Nigerian teenage girls allegedly trafficked to Ghana for prostitution have returned to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who made the disclosure in a post on her X handle, said the girls who were rescued in Ghana arrived Lagos on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the girls who are mainly from Imo State were accompanied by representatives of\u00a0 Imo State government.<\/p>\n<p>The NidCOM Chairman added that they received and profiled by officials of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).<\/p>\n<p>The girls, all under the age of 18, were reportedly lured from Nigeria to Ghana by a nameless man who has now been arrested by the police in neighbouring West African country.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NIDCOM boss, the girls were rescued by the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), an umbrella association for Nigerians living in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral video which showed the girls after they were rescued, a NIDO official was heard saying, \u201cWe just rescued all these ones from one single person, innocent Nigerian children that were brought here to do what they wouldn\u2019t have wished do to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are helpless. They picked them and send them to do prostitution and they would be collecting money from these innocent children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NIDCOM boss had in an earlier post on X last week described the development as heartbreaking and asked the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to take over the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are young girls trafficked to Ghana for prostitution,\u201d she quoted a viral video showing the girls. \u201cWe thank Chief Callistus, Chairman, NIDO Ghana, for ensuring the arrest of the evil perpetrator. 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