One of the Nigerian returnees from Libya, 21 year-old Azizat
Omoniyi has narrated her regrettable experience in Libya, declaring she wasted
four years of her life.
The lady from Lagos State said she abandoned her education
when she was 17 years old and expressed regret for her misbehaviour, especially
for wasting her father’s hard-earned money.
“I will never advise anyone to think of travelling out of
this country aimlessly” Azizat said on Wednesday night after landing in Lagos.
“We don’t appreciate what we have until it is lost. Anyone
thinking of travelling without set and achievable objectives should forget
it,’’ she said.
Azizat said her mother died while she was at a tender age
and was being catered for by maternal relations, but she felt she was being
maltreated and ran away to be with her father.
“From my father’s custody, a friend convinced me to meet her
in Ibadan where I was introduced to the idea of travelling to Libya where I was
told that I could work and receive a monthly salary of ₦120,000.
“I deceived my father that I wanted to establish a business
and he gave me ₦800,000, but I used it for the Libyan trip through the desert.
“I became a slave and pr0stitute in Libya; I am not lying, I
raised equivalent of ₦2 million as a pr0stitute to free myself from my
trafficker.
“I want to go back to school. I stopped schooling at SS2 and
have learnt my lessons,’’ she lamented.
“The lessons are very, very bitter, I wasted my life.
“I do not know my father’s location. I lost everything that
I thought I could bring back home when the police raided our house and threw
all of us into prison.
“We were dispossessed
of our savings and property. I lost the phone in which l had my father’s
contact.
“I have to wait till my transport allowance is paid before I
can buy phone and try to gamble with numbers to know if I can get my father’s
contact,’’ a remorseful Azizat said.
Azizat was among the 175 Nigerian returnees from Libya, who
arrived Wednesday night at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA),
Lagos.
The returnees were 92 male adults, 53 female adults, six
male children, 12 female children, nine male infants and three female infants.
Acting Coordinator of NEMA’s Lagos Territorial Office, Mr
Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that they
arrived at the airport at about 9.48 p.m. on Wednesday.
NAN reports that 158 returnees had arrived from Libya five
hours earlier before the arrival of Azizat’s batch.
Farinloye said the fresh 175 returnees, which included
Azizat, had been stranded in Libya.
They departed from Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli,
aboard a chartered Boeing 737-400 with registration number 5A-WAC.
He said they were received at the Nigerian Aviation Handling
Company wing of the MMA.
“The returnees were brought back by the International
Organisation for Migration through a voluntary repatriation programme for
distressed persons.
“The EU sponsored the repatriation of the stranded Nigerians
who had failed in their attempt to search for greener pastures outside
Nigeria,’’ he said.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com