Air Peace’s CEO, Allen Onyema, said the airline will remove the young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ivory Coast.
Martin Otse, the social media critic known as VeryDarkMan, recently uploaded a video of four girls who claimed to have been trafficked as sex slaves.
Some of the females said they were first taken to Niger Republic before being moved to labour in Ivory Coast.
One of the girls, 15, claimed to be from Ibadan and was drugged before being sent to the Ivory Coast.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Onyema voiced concern about the girls’ situation.
Onyema stated that Nigeria requires concerted efforts to discourage trafficking, which he describes as “inhumane and ungodly”.
“We should discourage trafficking of any kind. It is inhumane and callous. It is absolutely ungodly and a good example of man’s inhumanity to man,” the statement reads.
“We, in Air Peace, are ready to bring our fellow citizens back home free of charge.
“Besides that, we are going to send all of them to Duchess International Hospital in Ikeja for free medical examination and treatment.”
Onyema requested the Nigerian embassy in Ivory Coast to reunite the girls and contact Air Peace to ensure their safe return.
The business mogul also urged the federal government to take over the teenagers’ schooling and reconnect them with their families.
In February, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) turned over 21 juveniles rescued from suspected traffickers to the Niger state administration.
In 2024, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) rescued a group of thirteen trafficked girls from Ghana.
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