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The National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it is making
efforts to rescue about 20,000 Nigerian girls
trapped in different parts of Mali.
Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, the Director- General of
NAPTIP, who made this known in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Saturday in Abuja, said the victims were trapped
in different parts of Mali, for prostitution.
Okah-Donli said that the trafficked victims were
discovered after NAPTIP sent a fact-finding
mission to Mali last December, following some
security reports.
She said:”We sent a fact-finding mission to Mali
last month and the mission came with a report
that, about 20,000 Nigerian girls had been
trafficked to different parts of Mali.
How WOTCLEF supported 10,600 trafficked
victims
“Many of the girls said that they were deceived
that, they were being taken to ” “Malisia”, making
it sound like Malaysia, to work in hotels,
restaurants, hairdressing salons and some other
jobs.
“Some of the girls arrived there in their school
uniforms, meaning that they were kidnapped on
their way to or from school,” she said.
The NAPTIP boss decried the living condition of
trafficked Nigerians in the West African country,
adding that some of the girls were sold for N600,
000 and were made to service, mainly miners.
“There are over one million Nigerians residents in
Mali, out of which about 20,000 are trapped into
forced prostitution.
“The conditions are horrible; they are kept in
shanties in the thick of the forest where they
cannot escape and with the “madames” watching
over them.
“Their job, mainly, is to service miners from other
parts of Africa who are predominant in Northern
Mali.
“They are bought for N600, 000 and they are
made to pay back N1.8million or N2million within
six months before regaining freedom and also
becoming madams.”
She assured that the Nigerian authorities were
collaborating with their Malian counter parts as
well as the International Organisation for
Migration (IOM), to rescue and rehabilitate the
victims, most of whom were eager to return.
“Most of the girls are desirous of returning home
and we are working with the IOM, the Malian
government and the Nigerian Embassy in Mali to
see how we can repatriate them.
“Our plan is to rehabilitate them immediately they
return home, we will have rehabilitation
programme on ground before they are
repatriated.”
Donli-Okah further decried the fact that human
trafficking increased by 500 girls daily, while
urging Nigerians to be more vigilant.
“Trafficking increases by at least, 500 girls daily,
they bring them in their hundreds and now, they
waybill them through well known motor parks in
Cotonou.
“It also cuts across all 36 states of Nigeria and
happens all over the world. It is no longer about
the Edo girls being trafficked to Italy.
“I urge Nigerians to be alert and sensitive about
their surroundings; they should report suspicious
movements to the authorities, especially at our
border posts.” (NAN)
Source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/naptip-
to-rescue-20000-nigerian-girls-trafficked-to-
mali-dg/

Truevine:The National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it is making
efforts to rescue about 20,000 Nigerian girls
trapped in different parts of Mali.
Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, the Director- General of
NAPTIP, who made this known in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Saturday in Abuja, said the victims were trapped
in different parts of Mali, for prostitution.
Okah-Donli said that the trafficked victims were
discovered after NAPTIP sent a fact-finding
mission to Mali last December, following some
security reports.
She said:”We sent a fact-finding mission to Mali
last month and the mission came with a report
that, about 20,000 Nigerian girls had been
trafficked to different parts of Mali.
How WOTCLEF supported 10,600 trafficked
victims
“Many of the girls said that they were deceived
that, they were being taken to ” “Malisia”, making
it sound like Malaysia, to work in hotels,
restaurants, hairdressing salons and some other
jobs.
“Some of the girls arrived there in their school
uniforms, meaning that they were kidnapped on
their way to or from school,” she said.
The NAPTIP boss decried the living condition of
trafficked Nigerians in the West African country,
adding that some of the girls were sold for N600,
000 and were made to service, mainly miners.
“There are over one million Nigerians residents in
Mali, out of which about 20,000 are trapped into
forced prostitution.
“The conditions are horrible; they are kept in
shanties in the thick of the forest where they
cannot escape and with the “madames” watching
over them.
“Their job, mainly, is to service miners from other
parts of Africa who are predominant in Northern
Mali.
“They are bought for N600, 000 and they are
made to pay back N1.8million or N2million within
six months before regaining freedom and also
becoming madams.”
She assured that the Nigerian authorities were
collaborating with their Malian counter parts as
well as the International Organisation for
Migration (IOM), to rescue and rehabilitate the
victims, most of whom were eager to return.
“Most of the girls are desirous of returning home
and we are working with the IOM, the Malian
government and the Nigerian Embassy in Mali to
see how we can repatriate them.
“Our plan is to rehabilitate them immediately they
return home, we will have rehabilitation
programme on ground before they are
repatriated.”
Donli-Okah further decried the fact that human
trafficking increased by 500 girls daily, while
urging Nigerians to be more vigilant.
“Trafficking increases by at least, 500 girls daily,
they bring them in their hundreds and now, they
waybill them through well known motor parks in
Cotonou.
“It also cuts across all 36 states of Nigeria and
happens all over the world. It is no longer about
the Edo girls being trafficked to Italy.
“I urge Nigerians to be alert and sensitive about
their surroundings; they should report suspicious
movements to the authorities, especially at our
border posts.” (NAN)
Source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/naptip-
to-rescue-20000-nigerian-girls-trafficked-to-
mali-dg/