{"id":20662,"date":"2025-10-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=20662"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:40:29","slug":"born-behind-bars-nigerias-forgotten-daughters-in-libyas-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/15\/born-behind-bars-nigerias-forgotten-daughters-in-libyas-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBorn Behind Bars: Nigeria\u2019s Forgotten Daughters in Libya\u2019s Prisons\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a moment of raw outrage, the Nigerian Senate has sounded the alarm over the horrific abuse of Nigerian women and children<\/strong> languishing in Libyan prisons \u2014 victims of trafficking, torture, and a global system that has failed them.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Senator Aniekan Bassey<\/strong> called Libya a \u201ccorridor of death and despair,\u201d<\/strong> exposing how traffickers lure desperate Nigerians with false promises of jobs, only to sell them into sexual slavery and forced labor<\/strong>. Many end up imprisoned \u2014 not as criminals, but as survivors of unspeakable violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan<\/strong> painted a chilling picture:
\u201cThese women were victims twice over \u2014 first of traffickers, then of a broken system. Several were raped in detention, forced into pregnancy, and now their children are growing up behind bars.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let that sink in: Nigerian children born in prison cells<\/strong>, punished for crimes they never committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate\u2019s resolution demands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Immediate diplomatic intervention<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Collaboration with Libyan authorities<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Repatriation of all Nigerian female inmates and their children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Why this matters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Over 1,000 Nigerians were repatriated from Libya in early 2025<\/strong>, many with stories of blood harvesting, sexual violence, and torture<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • One survivor, Mercy Olugbenga<\/strong>, sold her family\u2019s property to escape poverty \u2014 only to be held captive and drained of her blood for over a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      This isn\u2019t just a humanitarian crisis. It\u2019s a national shame<\/strong>.
      And it raises uncomfortable questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Why are traffickers still operating with impunity?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Why has the global community turned a blind eye to African suffering?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • How many more Mercys must bleed before we act?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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