What a sad way to end your life's
journey! Abigail, one of the victims of a
Libya based human trafficking ring
operating in Nigeria, has died, days after she
was rescued from a prostitution cartel in
Libya.
It was reported that 26yrs old Abigail, a
Nigerian lady from the South-South, was
among more than 500 girls trafficked to
Libya for prostitution by a Nigerian
syndicate allegedly led by a couple, Alhaji
Muritala Sanni and his wife Alhaja Lateefat
Sanni, who are now on the run.
According to Mirror, Tunde Oshokoya, a
human rights activist and private
investigator who worked with the Alliance of
Rights Defenders (ARD), a non-profit
organisation based in Lagos involved in
rescuing three of the trafficked girls
revealed Abigail’s death.
He said “It is with heavy heart that we
announce Abigail’s passing. She died after a
brief illness she came down with while she
was in Libya. Since we rescued her, we took
her for treatment but she gave up the ghost.
“It is sad that ARD, an NGO took up the
responsibility to rescue and rehabilitate
trafficked victims without any assistance
from government”. Barrister Ojay Akinwale,
the Chief Executive Officer of ARD expressed
sadness over the death and urged
government to take human trafficking
seriously.
Mirror had reported that Abigail was among
three trafficked victims rescued from
prostitution in Libya by ARD. She had
claimed in the interview that she was
trafficked to Libya in 2013, after she was
lured there to work as an Auxiliary nurse.
She also claimed that she was forced to abort
about 320 pregnancies for girls working for
the prostitution ring in Libya. Abigail who
was very ill during the interview had
expressed fear that she would die if she
exposed the Libya human trafficking
syndicate. She added that soon after her
rescue, she received a threat from the
syndicate in Libya that she will die if she
exposed them. In spite of the threat, Abigail
went ahead and narrated her ordeal in the
hands of the traffickers.”
journey! Abigail, one of the victims of a
Libya based human trafficking ring
operating in Nigeria, has died, days after she
was rescued from a prostitution cartel in
Libya.
It was reported that 26yrs old Abigail, a
Nigerian lady from the South-South, was
among more than 500 girls trafficked to
Libya for prostitution by a Nigerian
syndicate allegedly led by a couple, Alhaji
Muritala Sanni and his wife Alhaja Lateefat
Sanni, who are now on the run.
According to Mirror, Tunde Oshokoya, a
human rights activist and private
investigator who worked with the Alliance of
Rights Defenders (ARD), a non-profit
organisation based in Lagos involved in
rescuing three of the trafficked girls
revealed Abigail’s death.
He said “It is with heavy heart that we
announce Abigail’s passing. She died after a
brief illness she came down with while she
was in Libya. Since we rescued her, we took
her for treatment but she gave up the ghost.
“It is sad that ARD, an NGO took up the
responsibility to rescue and rehabilitate
trafficked victims without any assistance
from government”. Barrister Ojay Akinwale,
the Chief Executive Officer of ARD expressed
sadness over the death and urged
government to take human trafficking
seriously.
Mirror had reported that Abigail was among
three trafficked victims rescued from
prostitution in Libya by ARD. She had
claimed in the interview that she was
trafficked to Libya in 2013, after she was
lured there to work as an Auxiliary nurse.
She also claimed that she was forced to abort
about 320 pregnancies for girls working for
the prostitution ring in Libya. Abigail who
was very ill during the interview had
expressed fear that she would die if she
exposed the Libya human trafficking
syndicate. She added that soon after her
rescue, she received a threat from the
syndicate in Libya that she will die if she
exposed them. In spite of the threat, Abigail
went ahead and narrated her ordeal in the
hands of the traffickers.”
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