71 young Nigerian girls trafficked to Lebanon and seen in a video that had gone viral where they were crying for help had been rescued and arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe international Airport Abuja early Monday.
Mr. Bitrus Samuel, the head of NEMA Abuja operation office disclosed this to the newsmen.
He said that the girls were the second batch of more than 150 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Lebanon in search for greener pastures. It is said in the month, 94 victims that constituted the first batch were received at Murtala Muhammad international Airport lagos.
Samuel said that the latest victims would be going from the airport to the hotel where the national agency for the prohibition of trafficking in person's (NAPTIP) would provide their records. The agency would quarantine the girls as a precaution against Coronavirus pandemic.
Also, the spokesman for the ministry of foreign affairs, Mr Ferdinand Nwonye said that the rescue came after video footage of the stranded Nigerians appealing to the federal government and well-meaning Nigerians to come to their aid went viral on the Internet.