{"id":37709,"date":"2020-01-18T06:10:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T05:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=37709"},"modified":"2020-01-18T06:10:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T05:10:21","slug":"we-were-sold-for-n350-000-each-victim-of-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/we-were-sold-for-n350-000-each-victim-of-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"We Were Sold For N350.000 Each \u2013 Victim Of Human Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">A victim of human trafficking, Victoria Oyoke, nineteen years old, has narrated how she was sold with two of her friends for the sum of 500,000 cefas each to another trafficker in Cotonou, capital of the Benin Republic.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">500,000 is equivalent of N350 ,000. The three victims were deceived from Benin City, the Edo state capital to Lagos before heading to Cotonou with the help of one Maxwell, who\u00a0 had tricked them before selling them off to another woman for the sum of 500,000 cefas each .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The revelation came on Thursday during the parade of a suspected trafficker and four victims who were rescued by the operatives of the Nigeria security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos command.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Addressing the media, the Commandant of the Nigeria security and civil defence corps (NSCDC) Lagos command Lagos State command, Otoibhi Ehiabhi Cyprian said his men apprehended the suspect on 15th January, 2020 at about 9.20am at Abule Oki, Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The suspect who is the ring leader of the trafficking gang, Omomunmi Michael, 30, had planned to traffick Aloaye Joy, 22, Victoria Oshioke 19, Amaka Eze 23, and Anuoluwapo Mustapha, 26 to Mali for Prostitution before the plan was busted by NSCDC operatives who acted swiftly base on intelligence report.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In an interview with the prime suspect, Omomunmi stated that she had traveled to Mali spent two years before becoming a prostitute which paved\u00a0 way for her to aid trafficking.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">According to the\u00a0 victim, the deal would have\u00a0 fetched her 30,000 cefas.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Another victim Amaka Eze, 18, who hailed from Anambra state, said she was determined to travel to Mali before the plan was scuttled by NSCDC Lagos\u00a0 operatives .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I was ready to travel for prostitution in Mali and I agree to pay Omomunmi and the rest traffickers any amount they charge me abroad. What I wanted was just to go out of Nigeria due to the economic hardship here.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Already, the operatives of the NSCDC have launched a manhunt on one of the ring leaders and a boyfriend to one of the victims whose name was given as Favour.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The said Favour was the one who paid their transport from Benin city, Edo state to Lagos for onward movement to Mali through the connection of Omomunmi who is their point person in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The commandant in an\u00a0 interview with journalists urge parents to always ensure they know what their children are doing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He explained that the dangers of human trafficking cannot be overemphasized and enjoined members of the public to report such cases to appropriate authorities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The command will continue to ensure a crime free Lagos and the suspects as well the victims will be handed over to the relevant agency for further investigation and prosecution.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A victim of human trafficking, Victoria Oyoke, nineteen years old, has narrated how she was sold with two of her friends for the sum of 500,000 cefas each to another trafficker in Cotonou, capital of the Benin Republic.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":23973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1816],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-37709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crime","tag-human-trafficking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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