If there is a time Nigerian youths should to pay attention to this saying ‘if it is too good to be true, it probably is’, that time is now. Many unsuspecting youths are languishing as victims of human trafficking in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and other country in West Africa because of a promise of a lucrative job or business hustle.
This was brought to light by exiled Nigerian journalist David Hundeyin in a post on X(Twitter) warning Nigerians to be wary of offers for good life in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso or in any West African country.
Comments under the post shows that the warning did not come early enough for ssomme people, with tales woes and some cases death by victims’ relatives. Not everyone under the post agreed with him as many were still trying to convince others that some can be real
Mr. Hundeyin’s post reads:
If you’re a Nigerian in Nigeria and anybody comes to you with an offer to relocate to Ghana/Cote d’Ivoire/Burkina Faso/any other country in West Africa with a job or hustle supposedly waiting for you, you can safely assume that they intend to traffic you.
There is no job anywhere in West Africa. In fact you’re more likely to find a job in Nigeria than in any of those places.
If you are female, there is a 99% chance you will end up in the only activity that trafficked women do, and if you are male, you will end up locked up in a house where you will be forced to scam people online, ask your friends and family to send you money (which your captors will seize), or convince other people like you back home to fall into the same trap.
If you’re REALLY unlucky and young enough, you might end up becoming somebody’s slave inside a Galamsey pit, or enslaved to a fisherman somewhere on Lake Volta for the next 8 years (this is actually a thing that happens).
I know this tweet will not change anything, because many of you have been brainwashed into believing that everywhere outside Nigeria is flowing with honey and gold dust and your “star” resides anywhere but Nigeria, but on the off chance that it helps convince 0.1% of potential victims to sit their asses at home and find something to do, instead of becoming anonymous roadkill in Kasoa, then I have done my job. – End of post
There many footage of emails and WhatsApp chats trying to convince unsuspecting victims were also shared under the post.
This is a very dangerous time we are living in, friends, parents, brothers and sisters need to understand that human trafficking today is no longer just for slavery and prostitution, it is also for organ harvesting. So speak to your acquaintances and relatives to run away from these unrealistic jumbo job/business offers.
