A Nigerian returnee from Libya has spoken of how 20 Nigerian girls were sold off as slaves in Libya.
He also gave a chilling account of how he and others were fleeced and transported to Libya with a promise of better life in Europe, only to land in penury and end up in jail in the north African country.
Many of the returnees, who are camped in Benin-City, the Edo State capital, look skinny and exhausted. Some of the women are carrying babies, whose fathers are not known.
Alex Otoide is one of the 168 Nigerians evacuated from the north African country, and are currently being rehabilitated by Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The governor has promised to train them in skills required to reintegrate them back into the society.
Otoide said he witnessed the sale of 20 Nigeria girls in the prison where they were all kept.
“They sold about 20 girls in the night. I saw it. It was God that saved me.”
Recounting his ordeal, he said: “I left Nigeria with N500,000.
‘20 Nigerian girls sold off’
