NAPTIP begins rehabilitation of woman rescued from Iraqi taskmaster

The Nationwide Company for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Individuals (NAPTIP) has begun the rehabilitation strategy of Odunayo Eniola-Isaac rescued from an Iraq taskmaster.

An announcement issued on Wednesday by the press officer at NAPTIP, Vincent Adekoye, signifies that NAPTIP Director-Basic, Binta Adamu-Bello gave the directive to begin the rehabilitation course of.

The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that NAPTIP and different Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) had facilitated the return of Miss Eniola-Isaac from Baghdad, following a viral video of her ordeal.

Ms Adamu-Bello has directed Officers of the rehabilitation division of the company to start a complete rehabilitation process and interview session with the rescued sufferer.

She expressed disappointment concerning the traumatic expertise and the hardship the sufferer confronted when she was acquired on the company’s headquarters.

The NAPTIP DG interviewed the sufferer to determine her medical standing, nature of the help, and instant psychosocial wants.

“I simply completed an interplay with the sufferer. I have to say that she had an in depth shave with demise and we’re all blissful that she is alive to inform her painful story. On 22 January, 2023, she left Nigeria and arrived in Baghdad the following day.

“She was acquired on the Airport by officers of WB Warani Manpower, an organization she was registered to work for.

She was taken to the hospital on 24 January to certify her medically match for the job she can be assigned to do.

“Her Iraqi Agent, Shakirat Yusuf, who she is aware of solely as ‘Mama Uganda’ got here to WB Warani Manpower to signal her in formally on 25 January and she or he was assigned to work for an Iraqi household of eight, six youngsters and two mother and father, on 29 January, 2023.

“Her work hours span about 20 hours plus a day, with little or no resting time,” the NAPTIP boss mentioned.

She mentioned the sufferer was not paid her labour entitlement by her employer when the time got here to pay her, which sparked the start of her ordeal as she dared to request for her cost.

She mentioned her telephone was confiscated to stop communication with members of her household and every time she requested for her remuneration or spoke about it, she suffered a beating leading to bleeding and bodily accidents.

“At a degree, her madam certain her palms and ft and threw her into the canines’ cage till 3 a.m. earlier than she was launched to proceed together with her work.

“I’ve directed the related division and operatives of the company to start out instant profiling, interview, and the excellent strategy of rehabilitation for her,” she mentioned.

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Ms Adamu-Bello famous that the company would additionally guarantee justice for her, whereas advising Nigerian youths and oldsters to all the time watch out and assume twice earlier than leaping at “any juicy provide in overseas.”

In keeping with her, over the previous few months, the company has intercepted scores of youths, principally women, at varied factors of exit throughout Nigeria.

She mentioned that the vacation spot of many of the women had been unstable nations, particularly to the center east, including {that a} harmful journey of this nature might be prevented with easy warning.

On her half, Miss Eniola-Isaac, whereas thanking God that she was alive at the moment, mentioned that she wouldn’t want her enemy her sort of expertise.(NAN)