State Govt. receives 23 Nigerian returnees from Libya
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the state, who received the returnees, assured them that government would provide adequate support and means of reintegrating them back to the society.
Recommended articles
Akeredolu, who was represented by his deputy, Mr Agboola Ajayi, thanked the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri for bringing back thousands of Nigerians from Libya.
Akeredolu said the State Government was already doing all that was necessary, as all the returnees were already going through debriefing.
“We are going to take care of them; government will set them up in the skills, which the returnees will be willing to do.
ADVERTISEMENT
“I interviewed them on what they were doing there, so that we can do better for them in the state,” he said.
Akeredolu advised citizens to stop listening to lies from travel agents promising heaven and earth for them abroad.
He noted that government could not force movement of its citizens in and out of the country, but charged them as adults to find something doing in the country.
The governor, however, promised that his government would embark on the sensitisation of its citizens on dangers of going to Libya.
“My advice for everyone is that people should learn from the bitter experience of these returnees, what they are looking for in Libya or Europe is right here in their father’s land,” he said.
ADVERTISEMENT
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees were made up of 12 females, 10 males and a child.
A woman, who was among the returnees, said she was lured by a Nigerian lady in the country to engage in a cleaning after the death of her husband.
She explained that she travelled to Libya in April 2017 after his husband, a policeman, simply identified as Jimoh, was killed during a special duty by armed robbers.
The woman, who was four months pregnant, when her husband was killed, said she decided to travel to Libya when there was no means to sustain herself and her children.
“On arriving Libya, we were sold to ‘Arabu’ (a non indigene) on the promise to pay certain amount of money to us.
ADVERTISEMENT
“My children were left in Nigeria as they have stopped going to school,” she added.
She said she escaped from ‘Arabu’ to engage in self work since the ‘Arabu’ did not pay their salaries, but even the money made from self work could not be sent home.
Another returnee told the governor that she was only able to communicate three days ago just hours after the bus conveying them arrived Port Harcourt.
She said she was eight months pregnant and lost contact with her husband when their camp was bombed.
The returnee revealed that any woman, who was not married or pregnant would easily become a victim of rape in Libya.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
10 Northern governors will fly to US to learn how to protect their region
Task force enters streets as Alex Otti declares war against indiscipline in Abia
FG suspends mining activities within OAU after reports of illegal operations
Like Bobrisky, EFCC drags Cubana Chief Priest to court for spraying naira notes
Israeli military leaders to hold third meeting on how to deal with Iran
Nigeria's telecoms sector witnesses revival as NCC's leadership draws acclaim
Like Ganduje in Kano, Kaduna Assembly opens investigation against El-Rufai
DNA on Chidinma's dress matches victim, Ataga in alleged murder trial
NDLEA destroys 300 tons of illicit drugs in Lagos, Sanwo-Olu praises effort
Pulse Sports
Lionel Messi's son breaks the internet after scoring five goals for Inter Miami
Naija Stars Abroad: Onyedika, Boniface, and Osimhen shine across Europe
Victor Osimhen and Tobi Amusan make list of Forbes’ 30 under 30 Class of 2024
Alex Iwobi makes Premier League history which Mikel, Yakubu, Kanu could not achieve
Like Michael Jordan - Details of Victor Osimhen’s ‘superhuman’ jump against Monza emerges
ADVERTISEMENT
