Chai! My people, no be small matter we go yarn today o! Katsina State don receive 46 women and children wey immigration officials intercept for Maiduguri border as dem try waka go Chad for better life. Wetin dem no know be say, na scam dem dey follow. You fit imagine?
As dem dey tell their stories, e go tear your heart. Naja’atu Salisu, one mother wey carry two pikin, talk say she just wan find work to take care of her family. She left her children for house just to look for money. She even dey practice tailoring, but nobody gree ask dem anything when dem catch dem.
Maryam Alhaji Salis too, no gree carry last. This our sister say she wan marry but e get one serious wahala: no household items! So she plan go Chad to hustle small money. Na so she sell wetin she get, borrow transport fare, all because of say she wan prepare for marriage.
Then we get Ladidi Audu, another strong woman wey sabi story. She get eight children and say sickness push her to think of this journey. The babe say she don suffer serious burning from hot oil when she dey fry akara. That one break her down, no be small. She just wan go Chad, dey hear say dem dey assist sick people.
Musa Aliyu, wey dey in charge for NAPTIP for Katsina, talk say dem intercept these 46 victims just to save dem from calamity wey dey their front. Say no be joke as dem don rescue over 70 trafficked persons for this year alone!
Shehu Abdu Daura, Special Assistant to Governor, come dey talk say this matter na serious one wey fit prevent. Dem deceive these women with fake job promises, but na road to wahala dem dey follow. He advise say even if life hard for Nigeria, e better pass wetin dem dey face abroad.
As dem dey return home now, e clear say the struggle for these women no be because dem wan chop free money, but because dem dey try survive for themselves and their pikin. Na big question dey face many Nigerians now: if home no work, where else we fit find hope?
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