VIDEO/PHOTO: "THEY WANT TO KILL ME" ~~EDO LADY WHO WAS TRAFFICKED TO ITALY FOR PROSTITUTION CRIES OUT !

In a video currently treading on social media, a young  Edo state indigene lady,  residing in Italy and a victim of human trafficking, is crying out for help saying some persons want to kill her. In the video, she called on the United Nations to save her from individuals that are after her. She spoke both in English and in Edo dialect. Watch the video below...

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FULL STORY: HOW MY PASTOR AND HIS SISTER LURED ME TO RUSSIA FOR PROSTITUTION ~~Florence

Florence Inset: •Pastor Ehozie … suspected recruiter

The war against human trafficking intensified in Edo State last week after whistle blowers informed security agents about the arrival of a Russian based alleged human trafficker,Vivian Ehioze. Consequently, she was arrested alongside her brother, Pastor Endurance Ehioze, said to be her recruiter.

 One of their victims was alleged to be a 23-year-old-lady, Florence Abu, said to have been trafficked to Russia for prostitution when she was 17.

While victim Florence, who was deported to Nigeria after she had suffered some strange ailment, is being treated at a hospital, Vivian and Emmanuel are cooling their feet in prison after a magistrate court in Ekiadolor asked them to be remanded.

Meanwhile, Florence narrated her story to Sunday Vanguard. “It all started in 2012 when a pastor in my church, Endurance Ehioze, called me to say he wanted to see me.  He asked me if I will like to travel out of the country and I said yes. I told him that I was constrained financially; so he said money was not the problem and that he had a sister abroad that will finance my trip. He further told me that I could pay off the sister off in less than two months after my arrival abroad. He added that I shouldn’t be afraid of making money abroad since and I am a good singer and hair stylist. The pastor further told me that I might be lucky to even come across a white man that will support me”, the victim started.

 “Later, he (Endurance} gave me her sister’s number in Russia called Vivian Ehioze.  When I flashed her, she called me and introduced herself. She asked me if I  was interested in leaving the country, saying as long as I was interested I should get my passport ready which I did by borrowing N30, 000 from LAPO, and I called her to tell her that my passport was ready.

“She asked me to give the passport to Pastor Endurance (the brother) as he will handle everything. She gave me words of encouragement that everything will be fine. Few days later, she called again to say I should pack my luggage and take it to her mother’s place enroute to Lagos. But when I got to the mother’s place, she told me it was late to travel to Lagos that same day. The next morning, she woke me up and said there must be an agreement between us because many girls, when they get to Russia, don’t often pay her daughter back the money spent to take them abroad. So, she said, she must take something from me as an oath and that once I finished paying her daughter, I will have to pay her some money as well. I was surprised that Endurance, who is a pastor, encouraged me to undertake such oath. I had thought that as a Christian we will do it the Christian way. Finally, the mother took strands of hair from my head, armpit, private part and she also collected my pant for the oath taking”.

 She went on: “When I arrived Lagos, the next day, an elder brother of Madam Vivian (name withheld) came to pick me from the park and took me to a hotel. He brought out a slip of paper from his pocket and said it was my visa application and that it was genuine. He told me to relax and  that I should use what I have to get what I wanted. I was shocked when he took my phone according to an order from Vivian so that nobody might call to discourage me from proceeding on the trip.  I asked him how I will be able to communicate with my mother since he had collected my phone and he assured me that Endurance (pastor) will be the link man if I wanted to speak to my mother.
“Immediately thereafter, he brought out a condom and asked that I should pull off my dress. I resisted him but he forcefully had his way. He said it should be a secret between the two of us and threatened that if I disclosed it to any one, something terrible will happen to me. He took me to his house and asked me to pretend about it. For the two weeks period I waited for my visa, it was hell for me in the house. He molested me regularly but thankfully my visa came in February 2013”. “When I arrived in Russia, Vivian came to pick me up at the airport and she took me to her place in Moscow. The first thing she did was to take my passport away from me. She said the passport now belonged to her.  The third day, at about 9pm, she asked me to dress up. She took me on a road walk during which I met several Nigerian girls prostituting on the street and that was how I was lured into prostitution. I started paying the money ($45,000} and once I finished paying, I was deported to Nigeria. Apart from that, I was inflicted with a strange ailment. Life was so unbearable for me so much so that I was put under medication for almost one year. The doctors treating me couldn’t handle my case. The doctors said other people with worse health situations had been treated and wondered why my own case was different. When I couldn’t bear it, I had to tell my mother about it. It was my mother that used to send me black soap and cream from Nigeria through courier to treat the ailment. At a point, it was my mother that was sending money to me to pay my house rent. Life there became difficult so much so that I had to go to Nigerian embassy in Russia for help before I was deported”.

 Asked if she was aware she was being trafficked for prostitution, Forence said: “I was 17 years old then. My madam lied to me that life was far better over there and that if I didn’t want to stay in Russia, I could travel to another country. I made all the  credits I needed at O’ level but there was no money to further my education; so when the opportunity came, I jumped at it. Besides, my mum was owing a huge debt and I wanted to help her because of the embarrassment. But what my madam told me was completely different from what I met in Russia. I was molested to point that I took ill. I was using gas water because of acute chest pain arising from the torture I received from my madam. Sometimes I will just collapse. I was always on drugs. And the she abandoned me in Russia and came to Nigeria to look for other girls to traffick. I couldn’t cope with life; so I was deported with other girls who were going through the same situation as l. If it is possible, some of our girls in Russia will trek back home because the suffering there is huge, some of them are beggars there.
 “ I want to advise young girls hoping to be taken abroad to work that all that glitters is not gold. Yes, abroad is beautiful, but if you are going to be trafficked by someone, you should cry out. Life there is not what they paint to you. Many girls out there are dead and their parents think they are alive. Out of the 300 girls deported in the last one year, about 100 of them are HIV positive. Our girls should learn trades and empower themselves rather than going abroad for prostitution.
I want to thank Edo State Commissioner of Police because he has fought for me by apprehending my traffickers (madam and her brother). I came in contact with an NGO (Solomon Okoduwa) through one girl called Gift when we were at the NAPTIP detention centre in Lagos. Okoduwa has been helping me to settle down and was instrumental to the arrest of my madam and her brother” Corroborating the victim’s story, her other, Madam Josephine Abu, who wept profusely, said, “My daughter was assisted to travel through Endurance our pastor, who is the second in command to the senior pastor of our church.

The suffering was too much for me to bear. He said since I was indebted to some people and I could not pay, he would help my daughter to travel abroad. He (Endurance) assured me that since my daughter is a hair stylist, she will make money in Russia.  For a long time, I didn’t hear from my daughter until she called to say she was seriously ill and could not bear staying in Russia any longer and had to be deported”.

 The National Coordinator of the Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration, Immigration, Development and Reintegration (IYAMIDR), Comrade Okoduwa Solomon, who described Florence’s story as very pathetic, narrated how the suspected traffickers were arrested. “Information reached us that her madam was in town to recruit young girls to be taken to Russia. So, we contacted the police who swung into action by arresting the said madam and her brother. The Commissioner of Police and the NAPTIP acted wonderfully. Apart from this girl, we have other victims and that is why we are trying to reach out to Governor Godwin Obaseki to help us rehabilitate these girls. “They are our children and sisters, so that they can be assisted to be useful to themselves and the society. Parents should also caution their children against illegal migration”.

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HOW A POPULAR BENIN PASTOR LURED HER MEMBER INTO PROSTITUTION

A 24-year-old girl yesterday painted a sordid picture of how a pastor she fellowships with at the Heavenly Ambassadors’ Ministries Inc. lured her into prostitution.


Florence (surname withheld), a former stylist, dancer and singer while with the church located at Isihor on the busy Benin-Lagos Expressway in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, said she was tricked while she was 18 years old by Pastor Endurance Eghoze to travel to meet his sister based in Russia with the hope of assisting her to look for a greener pasture overseas but ended up in the web of street hawkers there.

Florence said she worked tirelessly for four years (2013 to 2017) to pay an agreed sum of $45,000 (about N17.1 million) to her ‘Madam’ and trafficker, Ms. Vivian Eghoze, who later dumped her on the streets of Russia before she was deported home in February.

Already, operatives of the state police command have arrested Vivian and her brother, Endurance.

The arrest was made possible following a tip-off by an Edo-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Initiative for Youths Awareness on Migration, Immigration, Development and Reintegration (IYAMIDR).

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Moses Nkombe, confirmed their arrest.
He said: “The matter is being investigated by the police.”

Florence, who has been reunited with her family, is begging for urgent assistance from good-spirited individuals and government.

She said after paying her ‘madam’ the huge sum, she is also battling to save herself from a mysterious ailment.

Vivian and Endurance have allegedly trafficked over 45 girls for prostitutions overseas.

The victims said they were daily subjected to excruciating conditions in cold of the nights to meet customers without anything to show for their years of enslavement.

According to them, even their parents and relations wallow in hunger, poverty and emptiness except for the lavish lifestyles of their hosts and their exotic cars and eye-pooping mansions.

Florence explained that her trouble started in late 2012 when her mother amid cries and wailing narrated her plight of being locked in huge debt to their pastor, who is also the second in command of the church, who quickly cashed in on the ugly situation to convince her to join his sister in Russia.

She added that a few days before she travelled to Lagos to meet Vivian’s close relations, her mother who was in Benin compelled her to take an oath of secrecy after collection of her pubic hair, pants and braziers while ‘madam’s uncle also raped her in a hotel room where she was lodged preparatory for Russia and sternly warned her not to tell anyone about the illicit act.

She said: “I had to borrow money to do my passport. She keeps calling and assuring me that all will be well. I was made to take oath of allegiance.

“I borrowed N30,000 from a cooperative society, to do my passport and I told her (Ms Vivian) that my passport was ready and she said okay. And from there I proceeded to another level at which she called Endurance that they would be the ones to run everything and that my mind should be at rest. After some weeks, she called me again and gave me words of encouragement. That was how we ended our talk.”

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PHOTOS: ANGRY ROBBERS SET VICTOR UWAIFO'S HOSTEL IN BENIN ON FIRE BECAUSE THE OCCUPANTS CALLED FOR HELP

As shared by Pretty Maris on Facebook, angry armed robbers set the hostel of popular Edo musician, Victor Uwaifo on fire because the occupants called for help.

This is what arm robbers did to a friends house early hours of this morning at our Edo popular musician hostel “VICTOR UWAIFO” off college road Benin city

The incident occurred at about 9pm wen The robbers was breaking my friends nabos door
So my friend made a call to alert some guys in d area to come to their aid so d robbers heard them making calls and they left…. So my friends n other nabo was to scared to spend the night there so they left

At abt 12am they received a call that the robberscame back n took their few expensive belongings and set the house ablaze…

Now they are stranded with just d clothes they wore since yesterday……
ACT OF WICKEDNESS !!!!
Here are photos from the raze;

PROSTITUTION: 12 EDO GIRLS ARRESTED IN KATSINA ON THEIR WAY TO EUROPE

Seven girls using hijab to disguise themselves and evade arrest were among the 12 persons intercepted by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Katsina on their way to Europe.

This brings the total number of persons apprehended by the NIS to 40 in the last four months as they tried to cross various legal and illegal routes to Agadez in Niger Republic en route Libya then Europe.

While parading the rescued victims, the Comptroller of Immigration in the state, Mohammed Yaro Rabiu, said the hijab was a decoy intended to camouflage and get easy passage at the border. “All the rescued victims are Nigerians from Edo State and will be handed over to NAPTIP for further action,” he said.

“The victims are Dennis Igbobo, Elvis Osas, Earnest Ugiagbe, Bright John, Lucky Iyare, Gift Osagie, Godday Ruth, Ovioma Gift, Otoboh Fabour, Believe James, Endurance Idemadia and Marian Josiah.”
According to Daily Trust, some of the victims said that they were pushed by hardship and the search for better opportunities.

GRAPHIC VIDEO AND PHOTOS: WOMAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY MEET SELLERS FOUND FLOATING IN A WELL IN EDO STATE

A woman who left her home on Wednesday, May 17th but did not return, has been found dead, her body floating in one of the well heads in Oben community, Edo state.

The woman had reportedly gone to buy meat after the meat sellers called her that it was available but was allegedly killed by them.

According to Mizter Santosh who shared the story on Facebook,wrote
"This is a True life story that happen in Oben community......
On the 17/5/2017 this woman was killed by Fulani in one of the wellhead in Oben community (wellhead 43/2) so she was call by the Fulani to come and buy meat unknown that their plans was to kill her so she went to meet them without telling anybody where she was going to,so after she left that day she didn't come back home.....so her children was so worried about their mom and the lady was killed already, and the body was tron into the pit outside the well,so 3 days later the family brought a native doctor to look for the missing lady....

GRAPHIC VIDEO AND PHOTOS

VIDEO: FOUR POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR HANDCUFFING A MAN TO A BUS IN EDO STATE

The Edo state police command have arrested four policemen attached to the Esigie Police Division over a viral video showing some police officers in the state handcuffing a bus driver (read here),  Kester Odozi,38, on a police van and driving around with him. The four policemen were on Thursday made to face orderly room trial.

Confirming their arrest, the AIG, zone 5 in Edo state, Abubakar Adamu, described the conduct of the policemen as unprofessional and does not in anyway depict the ethics and core values of the Nigeria Police Force. He said the police has started an investigation into the matter and that the police officers will be punished if the are found guilty. Watch the video below...WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

PHOTOS & VIDEO: POLICE CHAIN A MAN TO OPERATIONAL VEHICLE AND DRAG HIM ON THE ROAD IN EDO STATE !

A Facebook user, Irabor Franklyn, has taken to the platform to disclose how he was assaulted alongside others by officers of the Nigeria Police Force ,Esige Division in Benin city, Edo State, for pleading with them (police officers) not to drag a young man chained to the back of their hilux along the road. Watch the video HERE

Although he never disclosed why the guy was chained to the Police van, but according to him, the incident happened on May 15th, around 1st East Circular Road and Sopkonba road junction, Benin City.