We Were Forced To Have Sex With Men While On Our Periods - Trafficking Victim

A Nigerian victim of human trafficking has narrated the harrowing ordeal they suffered in the hands of their principals. The victim, whose name was not revealed, shared her story in Bein City, Edo State during a Roundtable on Migration and Human Trafficking organised by the Nigerian Senate. The victim who is now married and expecting a baby with her husband stated that she was 19 when she was trafficked from Edo State to Russia and forced into prostitution for two years. She said: “They told me I was going into prostitution for six months. “I was going there to make money to further my education. “We had to sleep with different kinds of men. It was on the street. We were standing on the road. “She (my madam) would say no (we can’t stop work), there is a tissue she used to give to us to block it (the menstruation). She does not allow us to stay at home. “We paid our madam for food, clothes, and also contributed money for the house rent. We bought the condoms ourselves.” ...