How Nigerian Girls Make N1.08 Million For Their Madam After Being Sold For N210,000 – NAPTIP

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is seeking an agreement between Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries to end the practice of Nigerian girls being used as sex slaves in Mali.

NAPTIP Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli, at a presentation to ECOWAS Parliament, told members of parliament that Nigerian girls were being sold for between N210,000 and N240,000 to work as prostitutes.

According to the News Agency Nigeria, Okah-Donli said that after being sold, the girls were made to pay back between N1.08 million and N1.2 million, usually within eight months, to their madams.

She noted that after gaining their freedom from their madams, the girls would then go into business, making money for themselves through prostitution before graduating to madams of their own.

She said, “There are more than one million Nigerians residing in Mali. About 20,000 of these Nigerians are girls believed to be victims of trafficking and the number increases by 50 per day.

“Many victims are deceived to leave their livelihoods in Nigeria for greener pastures in ‘Mali”

“Some of the victims are abducted from Nigeria, including those that arrive in school uniforms.”