Nigerian Women Ended Up To Be A Mali Sex Worker,After She Has Been Lured With Malaysia Job Offers

The survivors, Bella Boluwatife, Linda Zainab and Amoke Joy, told Sunday Vanguard they were recruited by an agent identified as Peter Osas, who allegedly promised them legitimate jobs abroad as bar attendants and housekeepers.

Three Nigerian women have recounted how a suspected human trafficking syndicate deceived them with promises of jobs in Malaysia, only to move them through the Seme border into the Benin Republic and onward to Mali, where they were allegedly forced into prostitution and held under debt bondage.

The survivors, Bella Boluwatife, Linda Zainab and Amoke Joy, told Sunday Vanguard they were recruited by an agent identified as Peter Osas, who allegedly promised them legitimate jobs abroad as bar attendants and housekeepers.

According to the victims, what was presented as an overseas employment opportunity turned into a carefully coordinated trafficking operation that transported them across borders into Mali, where they said they were confined in makeshift camps and compelled into sex work.

Bella said the deception began in Ogun State, from where they were transported to the Seme border before being taken into Benin Republic.

She said: “An agent known simply as Peter Osas told us we were going to Malaysia to work. He handled the arrangements and spoke confidently, convincingly, assuring us of legitimate jobs abroad.

“Before our departure, we had a video call with a woman identified as ‘Angel,’ whom I later discovered sponsored our trip. Before the call, we were coached to answer ‘yes’ to every question she Continue Your, Reading. .