My sibling and I paid N1.4m for Libyan trip – Female returnee

A female Libya returnee from Oyo State who simply identified herself as Olaiya, has revealed how she and her sibling, who were orphans, paid the sum of N1.4m to go to Libya.

Olaiya who made this declaration when she and eight other female returnees were received by the Deputy Governor of the state, Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemo on Monday, however declared that she was not ready to return home but only did so due to frequent calls by family members who asked them to return home.

She noted that she had spent 22 months in Libya after someone introduced them to the trip.

Olaiya said, “When we lost our parents, someone introduced us to the idea of going to Libya. I worked as a maid with an Arab family for 22 months.

“I helped her to clean her house because she stays alone. I left Nigeria March 14 and got to Libya March 28 and started working.

“We returned when people at home started calling for us to return.”
Adeyemo while receiving the returnees on behalf of the state government charged parents to effectively watch the whereabouts and welfare of their children.

He said, “We heard a lot of unpalatable news in the media about you being used as slaves in a foreign land, and you can’t go to their courts.

“But the joy of government is that we are happy that you are here present. By the grace of God, within a short period of time, you will recover from all the treatment you experienced in Libya.

“I advise you to learn several informal jobs like hairdressing, tailoring, shoemaking. There must be dignity of labour in all we do though we know that some Nigerians just want cheap money.

“If you are patient in Nigeria, you will definitely get some work to do. Now that you are here, go straight to your homes, learn a trade and later become an employer of labour.”
He also urged the parents to take them to the hospital to be sure they are healthy.
Adeyemo then said that the state government would give each of the returnees N10, 000 to settle down. - Daily Post