A 20-year old girl, Iwinosa Okunrobo, who pleaded in a tik tok video to be rescued from Burkina Faso has been returned home to her parents.
Okunrobo was trafficked to Burkina Faso when she was 15 with a promise to be taken to the United Arab Emirates.
She was rescued by Governor Lucky Okpebholo who sent the Director General of the Edo Migration Agency, Lucky Agazuma, to Burkina Faso to ensure her safe return.
Okpebholo, who received Okunrobo in Benin City, vowed to ensure punishment for human traffickers.
Okpebholo who was represented by the Edo Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie, said his administration would not relent in paying attention to the welfare and security of Edo citizens wherever they were across the globe.
Read Also: Nigeria’s transformative strides in maternal health
He reminded traffickers that their properties could be seized or forfeited under certain circumstances if found guilty.
He vowed to strictly enforce the laws against human trafficking to protect vulnerable children and save a number of families from the agony of loss of their loved ones.
The Edo Governor said the office of the First Lady and the Edo Migration Agency would re-integrate Okunrobo into the society as mandated by EDMA Law
Coordinator of the office of the First Lady, Edesili Okpebholo Anani, said she would work hard to ensure the state broke the chain of human trafficking.