NIGERIAN PASTOR ARRESTED OVER HUMAN TRAFFICKING
“I was asked to pay U.S $50,000. They told me that I was going to meet a woman who is pregnant in Russia and that I will assist her with domestic chores. They said I will also be working as a stylist in her saloon’, the girl said.
“I will pay them that amount since the work is thriving there. I never knew that the lady was neither pregnant nor married. When I got there, it was a different ball game. I was forced to engage in prostitution in Russia which I resisted, I rejected it and told them I will rather go home than sell my body to satisfy one greedy woman.”
Penpushing reports that, the girl said she later met a Nigerian in Russia, who introduced her to an aide to Edo Governor on Human Trafficking, Solomon Okoduwa, who took her matter up in Nigeria.
She added that since she came back to Nigeria she has been receiving threats from her ‘madam’, demanding for the money spent on the journey to Russia. She expressed appreciation to the Edo State Government for coming to her rescue.
The girl also appealed for Government to intervene and help stop the threat to her life, as well as help her start up a business to enable her to earn a decent living.
Penpushing reports that, in his remark, Solomon Okoduwa, the Governor’s aide who facilitated the arrest, said the Cleric and a woman who is an accomplice have been handed over to the Special Investigation Unit attached to the Government House for further investigation.
