Nigerian authorities have rescued at least 10 Nigerian teenage girls, ages between 15 and 16, from human trafficking and prostitution.
The girls were reportedly lured to Ghana with promises of a better life but were instead forced into prostitution.
Three of the victims are from the same parents.
The suspect, a Nigerian man, has been arrested and is currently in police custody.
According to the Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the girls were rescued after a tip-off by NIDO, the umbrella body of Nigerians living in Ghana.
The victims were said to have revealed that they were beaten, molested, and forced into prostitution without pay.
Their phones were reportedly seized, and they were unable to contact their parents.
One of the girls responding to questions said, โThey give us out to men, and they donโt give us money; they collect everything.โ
The Chairman of NIDO, Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, appealed for support to ensure the girls' safe return to Nigeria.
Dabiri-Erewa called on the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to take decisive action, describing the situation as "very, very heartbreaking."
๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐
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