A total of 16 girls out of the 169 Libya deportees received by the Edo State Government on Wednesday came back with pregnancy.
Many of the girls refused to talk with journalists even as some had children with them.
Last week, the Edo State Government received 84 Edo indigenes who were deported from Libya.
Governor Obaseki offered to place them on monthly stipend as well as trained them on acquiring vocational skills.
Some of the girls who spoke gave tales of woes and suffering even as
some said they were walking in the streets of Libya when they were
arrested and deported.
Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yinka
Omorogbe said the new batch of deportees were women and children with
only one male adult.
The Commissioner who is also the chairman Edo state Taskforce Against
Human Trafficking said the state government is highlighting the evils of
trafficking to the deportees.
“The idea is that Edo wants to eradicate trafficking in persons and stem
the illegal migration. If you want to travel, do it legally. We are
worried about what the people go through when they decided to travel to
Libya illegally.
“Government is taking the problem as its own, we are
interested in those who will partner with the state government to
address the issue. As we have seen, 80 percent of illegal migrants are
from Edo state so it has been a big challenge to us.
“We are trying
to assist them and be integrated into the society. Those who want to go
back to school would be encourage to go back while those who need
training in skill acquisition would be trained in their chosen skills.”
One of the returnees named Joseph Faith who described her experience as
horrible said she would have preferred to remain in Nigeria if she was
gainfully employed.
She said would like to go back to school to study English.
The Nation