CNN undercover reporter, Nima
Elbagir has described the Nigerian government as no match to human trafficking
cartel in the country, adding that a government which cannot curtail an
organised human trafficking cartel could not fight an insurgent group like Boko
Haram.
Elbagir made the remarks while
giving a blow by blow accounts of her findings during her recent undercover
expedition to Nigeria to unravel the scope and pattern of much talked-about
illegal migration from Nigeria to Europe en route Libya.
The programme, which was anchored
by Amanpour, highlighted the socio-economic nexus of illegal migration and
laxity on the part of government of Nigeria to contain the ugly trend.
According to Elbagir, human
trafficking in Nigeria is an organized cartel and well coordinated business
which makes it practically difficult, if not impossible to be tackled by the
Nigerian government.
She explained that her undercover
discovery revealed that human trafficking is a multi-billion naira business in
Nigeria, ran by powerful individuals with strong connections.
“Human trafficking is a big
cartel in Nigeria, with returns of over 10 billion naira annually, it is a very
organised and well coordinated cartel which made it difficult for Nigerian
government to curb.
“It is revealing to know that use
of rape by these smugglers is very rampant, and almost becoming a norm, it is
really shocking and inhumane.
“We have reached out to Nigerian
government on these findings and they agreed that the government is aware of
this and working assiduously to put an end to it.
“One continue to wonder how a
government that find it difficult to check human trafficking could curtail Boko
Haram insurgency.
“Nigerian government must know
that the major factor that make young people to be desperate of living the
country for greener pasture is poverty and uncertain future, the government, in
finding lasting solution to the problem must first and foremost tackle poverty
and go after the trafficking cartel,” she said.
The anchor, Amanpour in her
remarks, linked the scourge of human trafficking among young Nigerian youths to
the general insecurity of girl-child in Nigeria, as she cited the abduction of
over 200 girls from Government Girls’ Secondary School at Chibok, Borno state,
and the recent kidnap of 110 school girls at a school in Dapchi, Yobe State.
Amanpour, in her remarks, however
described Boko Haram as “Nigeria version of ISIS”.
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