- Some Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya
- They lamented that were punished by Libyan people and claimed they were tricked into going there
- The government promised to help those who voluntarily returned
171 Nigerians who returned to Nigeria from Libya came back with stories of punishment and suffering.
NAN reports that the landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday, February 21.
The returnees represent another batch of Nigerians who came back from Libya.
Miss Gift Peters who was one of the returnees lamented that she got to Libya 11 month ago after she was tricked into believing she was being taken to Italy.
The Delta lady who spoke in tears said they were sometimes forced to take urine as a form of punishment.
She said: “When I got to Libya, it was not in my mind to continue with the journey. So I asked the person that took me to return me to Nigeria but he started maltreating me and sold me to someone who has a connection house in Libya where we were maltreated daily.
“If we don’t want to work, they will start maltreating us. They will do you something that you will wish to die.
Nigerians who returned from Libya narrate tales of woes
“Those who they sold us to, sometimes, use iron and start burning us. At times, they will instruct our fellow ladies to urinate for us to drink.”
She explained that she was fortunate to contact her family members in Nigeria which facilitated her return but that some of those who went with her on the journey were not so lucky.
It was reported that they were received at the Hajj Camp area of the airport by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service, the National Agency for the Protection of Trafficking in Persons and the Police after their return was orchestrated by the International Organisation for Migration and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya.
- They lamented that were punished by Libyan people and claimed they were tricked into going there
- The government promised to help those who voluntarily returned
171 Nigerians who returned to Nigeria from Libya came back with stories of punishment and suffering.
NAN reports that the landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday, February 21.
The returnees represent another batch of Nigerians who came back from Libya.
Miss Gift Peters who was one of the returnees lamented that she got to Libya 11 month ago after she was tricked into believing she was being taken to Italy.
The Delta lady who spoke in tears said they were sometimes forced to take urine as a form of punishment.
She said: “When I got to Libya, it was not in my mind to continue with the journey. So I asked the person that took me to return me to Nigeria but he started maltreating me and sold me to someone who has a connection house in Libya where we were maltreated daily.
“If we don’t want to work, they will start maltreating us. They will do you something that you will wish to die.
Nigerians who returned from Libya narrate tales of woes
“Those who they sold us to, sometimes, use iron and start burning us. At times, they will instruct our fellow ladies to urinate for us to drink.”
She explained that she was fortunate to contact her family members in Nigeria which facilitated her return but that some of those who went with her on the journey were not so lucky.
It was reported that they were received at the Hajj Camp area of the airport by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service, the National Agency for the Protection of Trafficking in Persons and the Police after their return was orchestrated by the International Organisation for Migration and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya.
