The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has received 66 trafficked Nigerians who were rescued from Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the group arrived at the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post Immigration office around 4:00 p.m. last Saturday. The returnees include 59 women, as well as young men and children.
Comptroller Abdullahi Adamu, the Area Controller of the Seme command, explained to reporters that the rescue was a collaborative effort with the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana. “Our rescue mission involved cooperation with our attaché in Ghana and support from the high commissioner,” Adamu said. “They helped us apprehend these individuals, and now they have been returned to us. We will hand them over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), which will facilitate their return to their various destinations.”
Adamu emphasized that the NIS is working with the Ghanaian government to combat human trafficking. He highlighted that this operation reflects the dedication of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nana, to fight migrant smuggling and human trafficking and to protect vulnerable individuals.
Mr. Kpeli Kofi, a Detective Chief Inspector from Interpol’s Unit in Ghana, noted that the rescue was conducted in cooperation with the anti-human trafficking unit of Ghana’s criminal investigation department. Inspector Mutilda Dellir of the Ghana Police’s Anti-Human Trafficking Unit explained that they received information about Nigerians arriving in Ghana a few months ago. “We interviewed them to understand why they came to Ghana,” Dellir said. “They mentioned being influenced by the belief that working in Ghana would bring a lot of money. Some of them came with their children—a mother with six children, while others had one or two.”
