A total number of 58 new sets of Nigerian women  and children were rescued from Human Traffickers in Ghana thus bringing the total number of rescued Nigerians in Accra in the last three months to 105.

Chief Callistus Elozieuwa, Chairman NIDO Board of Trustees in Ghana disclosed this to the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa when she stopped by to visit the trafficked victims at their location in Accra.

A statement by the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun on Saturday, gave the breakdown of those rescued as Kano 47, Katsina 5, Jigawa 2 and Kaduna 4.

Apart from the newly rescued ones, 11 more girls, earlier rescued and in the care of NIDO BOT Chairman,  Chief Callistus Elozieuwa and the Acting Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana, Amb. Ifedayo Adeoye have also been repatriated back to Nigeria.

A total of 105 have so far been rescued in the last few months.

The statement added that some of the suspected agents have equally been apprehended and handed over to security agencies and NAPTIP for necessary profiling and prosecutions.