One of the returnees from Mali, a
21-year-old Miss Irhobosa Orhumnzie, has narrated her experience after she left
Nigeria.
Orhumnzie was among 109 returnees
repatriated from Mali on Tuesday.
They arrived at the International
Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja in Lagos.
The Director-General of NEMA, AVM
Muhammed Muhammadu (rtd), receiving the returnees, said that they would be
isolated for 14 days in Ikeja before they would reunite with their families.
Narrating her experience, the
returnee said she and 24 others left Nigeria with her madam ‘trafficker’ about
six months ago with the hope of going to Dubai.
However, she crossed over to
Cotonou from Lagos and landed in Mali where she was arrested by the police, NAN
reports.
“My madam (her trafficker) took
about 25 of us and told us that she would take us to Dubai.
“We took off from Lagos and
crossed over to Cotonou in Togo and from there we went straight to Mali.”
The 21-year-old said they were
arrested at Bamako, Mali by the police and that’s how she got stranded.
“But immediately we entered
Bamako, Mali, the Malian Police arrested our madam and all of us, they asked us
if we were interested to go back to Nigeria, all of us volunteered to return to
our country.
” They asked us if we were
interested in dealing with our madam, we just told them we just wish to return
to Nigeria and they should do whatever they want with her,” she added.
The returnee explained that from
the police station, they were taken to the Nigerian Embassy, but stayed there
longer because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The IOM facilitated our return
to Nigeria. We are also grateful to the Malian Police, the embassy staff for
helping us come back to Nigeria safely,” she added.
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