Nigeria: Between Greedy Madams and Naive Slaves

10 August 2015
opinion

Many linked on to some of the social media platforms would have seen the videos of two Nigerians girls that went viral late last week. The videos, shot in Dubai, showed the girls declaring allegiance to a female voice heard in the background that they had become her sex slaves as a result of a purported $30,000 debt owed to her.

The money is accrued from the cost of visa, transportation, accommodation, feeding and other sundry expenses on each of the girls by their mistress, including the gains from the proceeds of her investment. Each girl promised to repay the said debt through prostitution as would be arranged for them by the woman. They also promised to abide by all the rules as would be laid down by their mistress and would not cause any trouble for her and their operations.

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