Seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana have been rescued and repatriated back to the country. At the same time, five traffickers were equally arrested by the efforts of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM).
A statement issued on Sunday, signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Director of the Media, Public Relations, and Protocols Unit at NiDCOM, said this latest rescue operation brought 130 girls repatriated back to Nigeria from Ghana alone since July 2024.