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. I spent six months in Libya jail after the man that took my money ran away.
“We were 55 that travelled from here to Libya, 25 people died in the desert.
“More than seven people died from hunger and thirst inside the prison.
”Can’t you see how I look lean and hungry? I need to go for treatment.”
He said a fellow whose name he gave as Charles also a Nigerian, collected the N500,000 from him.
Apart from persuading them to travel, he also collected money in addition to running a transit camp in Libya for those travelling illegally across the Mediterranean to Europe.
Some of the deportees said Charles collected money for the purpose of taking them to Europe only to abandon them in Libya.
They claimed that Charles had several bank accounts with different names through which he collected money from victims.
He is also accused of running the Libyan camp where Nigerians are kept for days without food.
Another returnee Osas Blessing said Charles is among those nicknamed “burgers” or “connection man” on the Libya route.
He said: “I gave Charles N450,000 but when I got to Libya he increased it to N600,000. He is very wicked. He does not care for human life. He is a Benin man. He will say if you die you die. He pushed us into the sea at the wrong time.
“I heard he just left Nigeria with new passengers to Libya. He has frustrated many Nigerians.”
Another returnee who refused to give his name said another Nigerian known simply as “Biafra” was responsible for many atrocities committed against Nigerian migrants in Libya.

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Billionaires in Benin like oyakhilome, Oba of Benin etc need to step up and help fight the migration of the great Edo people to abysmal environments.

Nigerians in general need to do something drastic also

This is sad. Why are we wicked to each other all in the quest for money? Why don't people realise that all these gra gra ends in 6feet?

It's pitiful.

Charles has many accounts with different names what is the use of BVN if these allegations are true!

U have 500k yet u dey complain of harship. Stupid tins

Arabs (Muslims) and wickedness is like " ants and sugar" me i am even tired, you go to south africa Nigerians must be mentioned, now just imagine ordinary Libya Nigerians again in their numbers are major victims of slave trade... must it always be nigerians i just they tire for my country men and women, their pattern tire me.... abi Na Nigeria worse pass for the whole world??

must you always go through the back door
now Who is to be blamed?? the victims who knew the risks involved in all of this and took it or the Government of Nigeria that the victims didnt tell before travelling to libya maybe i should take the blame. because na me carry them go libya!!!

gocac:
Arabs (Muslims) and wickedness is like " ants and sugar" me i am even tired, you go to south africa Nigerians must be mentioned, now just imagine ordinary Libya Nigerians again in their numbers are major victims of slave trade... must it always be nigerians i just they tire for my country men and women, their pattern tire me.... abi Na Nigeria worse pass for the whole world??

must you always go through the back door
now Who is to be blamed?? the victims who knew the risks involved in all of this and took it or the Government of Nigeria that the victims didnt tell before travelling to libya maybe i should take the blame. because na me carry them go libya!!!

Solution: fix your home for your children , no one will come over there to fix it for you.

who send dem go liyba? how many time has Nigerian government warn dis stupid, and foolish, people to sty away frm libya did dey hear no, according to dem nothing good can come out of Nigeria, According to dem Libya, Somalia, Syria, Pakistan, are all better dan Nigeria, now dey are crying foul, look at d huge amount of money dis fools use to go to libya,500k such money could have been use to start up a business here, well I don't feel sorry 4 dem at all. stupid people

purem:
I have a question for my fellow nairalander; do you think Libya can win Nigeria in a war if we start a war with em?

I have a question 4 u y should Nigerian engage war wit libya? who send dis fools to libya, how many times dis year has Nigeria government year warm Nigerians to sty clear of libya?

Can u imagine such stupidiTy, u have 500k in your account, yet u could not start a business with it, now u lost all = now back to square one

As 20 was sold another 20 is on their way to libya.

All the Nigerian towns that have the habit of migrating to Europe need reorientation if not the y will never look back.

From their childhood moving out one day have been in their mind.

Tapout:


No be small thing..... that charly guy needs to be found

charly is just one of the many agents in edo and ogun trafficking pple

yeyerolling:
U have 500k yet u dey complain of harship. Stupid tins

u said my mind on this,after watching horrible videos of this illegal migration people still risk their lives and some will still go !!you can create your greener pasture no matter how small! 500k can start a small thing for u