58 More Nigerians Rescued In Ghana – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa 

Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, Chairman NIDO Board of Trustees in Ghana, disclosed this to the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, when she stopped by to visit the trafficked victims at their location in Accra.

A statement by the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, gave the breakdown of those rescued as Kano 47, Katsina 5,

Jigawa 2 and Kaduna 4.

Apart ftom the newly rescued ones, 11 more girls, earlier rescued and in the care of NIDO BOT Chairman,  Chief Callistus Elozieuwa and the Acting Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana, Amb. Ifedayo Adeoye, have also been repatriated back to Nigeria.

A total of 105 have so far been rescued in the last few months.

The statement added that some of the suspected agents have equally been apprehended and handed over to  security agencies and NAPTIP for necessary profiling and prosecutions.

Hon. Dabiri-Erewa commended NIDO Ghana, under the leadership of the Board of Trustees Chairman, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa and his team and Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana,  Amb. Ifedayo Adeoye and his team as well as Ghanaian law enforcement agencies for their cooperation.

The rescued women and children are on their way back to Nigeria, where they will be properly profiled and counselled by NAPTIP, reunited with their families and rehabilitated by their various state governments