By Florencemary Nwabueze
A 19-year-old girl from Udu local government area of Delta State, identified as Ejiro, has allegedly lost her womb after being trafficked to Ivory Coast under the guise of securing a job abroad, in a shocking case of human trafficking and forced prostitution.
According to a video published by the Delta State Police Command on Saturday, Ejiro was approached by a woman identified as Blessing, a friend of her father and a mother of four, who promised to help her secure a good job abroad.
Blessing handed her over to Esther, a mother of three, who facilitated the trip to Ivory Coast.
“This is one of the most pathetic case” SP Dafe said, describing what the victim experienced as “inhuman treatment”.
Upon arrival in Ivory Coast, Ejiro discovered the job was prostitution. She refused, begged to return to Nigeria, and pleaded with her traffickers. Instead, she was given an substance to drink. After falling ill, she was taken to a facility posing as a hospital, where she was injected till she fell unconscious, and was operated on.
“They removed her womb all because they wanted her to do prostitution and make money without fear of pregnancy,” SP Dafe stated.
Upon discovering that the wounds on Ejiro’s tummy wasn’t healing, she was dumped back in Lagos. She later managed to make her way back home to Delta State, where the case was reported to rhe police.
The police took her for medical examination in a hospital, afterwhich the doctor confirmed that her organ (womb) had been removed.
Police arrested Blessing and Esther. During interrogation, Blessing admitted to receiving ₦400,000 for the operation, while Esther confessed to receiving ₦150,000.
“The painful part is that one of the women involved, Blessing, has an 18-year-old daughter. She could not use her own daughter, but she collected money to destroy another woman’s child,” Adafe added.
The Police said investigation are still ongoing to apprehend all suspects involved in the case.
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