Metro
Nigerian whose employer wanted to sell for $1000, 28 others evacuated from Lebanon
Peace Busari, a Nigerian woman offered for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese, Wael Jerro, is on her way home from Lebanon.
The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Saturday.
Also on the repatriation flight are 28 other citizens stranded in Lebanon amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Dabiri Erewa tweeted,
“29 passengers just departed from Lebanon. And guess what? Temitope, who was left behind last time, accused of murder is on board. And so is Peace Busari, the girl who was put on sale on Facebook and rescued by the Nigerian Mission.”
The NIDCOM boss had said Busari was with the Nigerian Mission in Beirut, Lebanon after she was rescued from her employer.
Jerro had advertised the victim with her Nigerian passport on a Facebook page, ‘Buy and Sell in Lebanon’.
He put a price tag of $1,000 on the 30-year-old Ibadan, Oyo State indigene.
The post generated outrage on the social media, as many Nigerians called for the arrest of the suspect and rescue of Busari.
Dabiri-Erewa later announced the arrest of the suspect by the Lebanese government.
-
News23 hours ago
Boat mishap: CILT demands stakeholders’ collaboration for waterways safety
-
News20 hours ago
Active WWII bomb discovered near German stadium
-
Metro23 hours ago
Insecurity: Plateau community seeks ban of bandits-friendly bikes
-
health9 hours ago
UK pledges £1b to support Nigeria’s fight against malaria
-
Economy9 hours ago
Good tax system will attract foreign investment – CITN
-
News9 hours ago
Tinubu mourns Enugu senator Ayogu Eze
-
Metro9 hours ago
Police foil kidnapping attempt, rescue three victims in Bauchi
-
News7 hours ago
Mark Zuckerberg loses $18b as Meta stock drops