Faith who worked as a maid in Afuze, Owan East local government area, said, she was told there was a sales girl job in Lagos State.
Her parents raised the alarm when they discovered that their daughter was trafficked to Mali.
She was eventually rescued back to Nigeria with the support of the Edo Migration Agency.
Speaking in Benin City, Faith said she refused to engage in prostitution when she got to Mali.
According to her, “I was told I will work in Lagos State as a sales girl. When we got to Lagos at night, we slept in a hotel.
“The following day, we went to Cotonou and in Cotonou, I complained that we have passed Lagos State, shesaid we have not reached our destination. In Cotonou, she handed me to a driver who took me to Mali the next day. In Mali, they took me to one Lady but I saw that it was not what I was told. What they are doing there in prostitution and I told her I cannot do prostitution.
“I said I want to go back home. She said I cannot go back until they bring another person to replace me. I was in Mali for three weeks before I ran to the police station.
“Life was not easy for me in Mali because I refused to do prostitution. It was people that was giving me money to eat until I was rescued.”
Director General of the agency, Lucky Agazumah, urged Edo residents to report cases of human trafficking.
Agazumah said Governor Okpebholo was resolute to tackle human traffickers and ensured they are prosecuted.
