The Katsina State Government has rescued 23 victims of human trafficking, who were forced into slavery in Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n
The state Governor, Alhaji Aminu Masari, received the victims on Tuesday night in Katsina, after state government officials evacuated them back home from Burkina Faso, NAN reports<\/p>\n
He explained that the victims were lured by an agent who promised them lucrative jobs abroad but ended up selling them as slaves.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attention of the state government was drawn to the plight of the victims through a letter by the Nigerian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Mrs Ramatu Mohammed about their presence in that country.<\/p>\n
\u201cImmediately we received the letter, we dispatched our officials to Burkina Faso to rescue the victims,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Narcotics , Alhaji Hamza Borodo, who led state officials to Burkina Faso, said 23 persons were brought back while two others refused to come back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe later understand that the two persons were the agents of one Usman Wagini, who took them there and sold them to a business woman,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
One of the victims, Usman Suleiman, said that Wagini went to their villages in Kankara Local Government Area and lured them with a promise of good jobs abroad.<\/p>\n
He said that they were first taken to Lagos and later Cotonou in Togo where a business woman bought them and put them into modern slavery.<\/p>\n
Suleiman said that it took them sometimes to realize that they have fallen victims of human trafficking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were subjected to different hardships and there was no enough food to eat or water to drink.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever anyone of us is sick, he is left to mother destiny to take care of him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The victim said that they were forced by necessity to look for the local Hausa Chief in Burkina Faso, who contacted Nigeria\u2019s Ambassador there over their plight.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thank God that Gov. Masari assisted and rescued us from that country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Katsina State Government has rescued 23 victims of human trafficking, who were forced into slavery in Burkina Faso. The state Governor, Alhaji Aminu Masari, received the victims on Tuesday night in Katsina, after state government officials evacuated them back home from Burkina Faso, NAN reports He explained that the victims were lured by an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":16244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[225,836,932],"class_list":["post-16243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-katsina","tag-terrorist-attacks","tag-usman-suleiman"],"yoast_head":"\n