Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking

Kola Soremekun

Some days back, it was reported that a London-Based nurse, Josephine Iyamu who happens to be a senatorial aspirant under the umbrella of the APC in Nigeria has been found guilty of trafficking five Nigerian women to Germany to work as prostitutes.

She is from Edo state, Nigeria. Edo is well known in regards to the issue of human trafficking. In 2017 between November and December, 1,100 Edo indigenes were received from Libya. Were most are reported as cases of human trafficking

“THERE IS A PROBLEM”

First, there is negligence on the part of the party that accepted her to run under their umbrella without proper investigation. The APC wants to gain major grounds in the next general elections and I believe this is a great stain to their party. A political party should preach transparency and outright discipline. This alone can reduce the support they already have from the citizen. No thinking citizen would want to be governed by traffickers.

Second, we know there is a problem but can it be tackled? My sincere answer is No because if human trafficking have been in existence since time immemorial then it can’t be totally extinguished but it can be reduced. It is a business now, it is a means of income and it ensures return in investment. Call it what you like, Human Trafficking is a flourishing business. Criminals now see it as a norm. Human Trafficking just like terrorism is an idea that is acted upon so it can’t be killed.

Finally, I wonder if these human traffickers do not have emotions running through their veins because to me it is inhuman to deprive people of their right to freedom. My last post was about slave trade and how it has affected the world, little did I know that the former slaves are now at the helm of modern slave trade.

I would appreciate your comments.