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Nigeria: Human Trafficking - I Slept Among Corpses in Libya - Nigerian Returnee
Vanguard, 31 March 2018
Imasuen Richie was one of the young men who left Nigeria for Libya in 2016 with a view to finally land in Europe in search of greener pastures. But sadly, he found himself inside… Read more »
I Slept Among Corpses in Libya - Nigerian Returnee
The hope of finding greener pastures in 2016 saw Imasuen Richie leave his home on his way to Europe to make a better life for himself and improve the lives of his mother and siblings at home. Sadly, he found himself stuck in Libya, inside a prison after he was sold as a slave, writes Simon Ebegbulum for Saturday Vanguard.
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