The Nigerian Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Tuesday brought back 171 Nigerians who were stranded in Libya following the harsh treatment they were subjected to by their host country.
This fresh deportation brings to 643 Nigerians that had been rescued and brought back to the country since December 2016 when the government commenced rescue of the citizen after distress calls that the Libyan authorities were killing and maltreatment the Nigerians who were in the country searching for the proverbial Golden Fleece.
Some of the returnees gave a chilly narrative of their encounter in the hands of the Libyan authorities whom they said sold them into slavery if they refuse to go into prostitution which they said was a thriving business in the Maghreb region.
One of the returnees, who simply gave her name as Favour, said she was lured into the trip by a man in Benin City, adding that her initial destination was Italy but ended up in the most horrific place, adding that she does not know the whereabouts of four other ladies that travelled with her.
