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Three Nigerian Women Lured With Malaysia Job Offers, But Taken To Mali To Work As Sex Slaves

Three Nigerian women have recounted how a suspected human trafficking syndicate deceived them with promises of jobs in Malaysia, only to move them through the Seme border into the Benin Republic and onward to Mali, where they were allegedly forced into prostitution and held under debt bondage.

The survivors, Bella Boluwatife, Linda Zainab and Amoke Joy, told Sunday Vanguard they were recruited by an agent identified as Peter Osas, who allegedly promised them legitimate jobs abroad as bar attendants and housekeepers.

According to the victims, what was presented as an overseas employment opportunity turned into a carefully coordinated trafficking operation that transported them across borders into Mali, where they said they were confined in makeshift camps and compelled into sex work.

Bella said the deception began in Ogun State, from where they were transported to the Seme border before being taken into Benin Republic.

She said: “An agent known simply as Peter Osas told us we were going to Malaysia to work. He handled the arrangements and spoke confidently, convincingly, assuring us of legitimate jobs abroad.

“Before our departure, we had a video call with a woman identified as ‘Angel,’ whom I later discovered sponsored our trip. Before the call, we were coached to answer ‘yes’ to every question she asked.”

Describing how they were moved into Mali, she said: “Then came the long road to Mali, six days, multiple checkpoints, armed officers, and questions we couldn’t answer. The driver spoke only French. At one point, we were nearly detained until a call was made and money exchanged hands. We were not travellers, we were cargo.”

She said the reality of their situation emerged upon arrival.

“That moment everything became clear: condoms, dozens of them; girls, some as young as 13, dressed in ways that left nothing to the imagination. The truth hit hard and fast. This was not Malaysia. This was not bar work. This was a brothel, and there was no way out. We had no choice,” Bella said.

She further alleged they were subjected to debt bondage.

“We were told each of us owed 1.5 million CFA francs, a debt we had to repay to gain freedom. Every meal we ate, every movement, every breath came with a cost,” she said.

Zainab also recounted how they resisted but were allegedly forced into sexual exploitation.

“We begged her. We told her we could not do this work. Her response was cold: there was no other job. Our phones were seized. We were separated, each assigned to a different ‘boss.’ Communication with the outside world was cut off,” she said.

She added: “Customers came, different men every day. Sometimes five, sometimes more. The money went straight to our handlers. Freedom felt like an illusion until Joy found a way to reach her mother and told her what was happening.”

Joy said pressure from authorities eventually led to their release.

“Inside the camp, our bosses grew uneasy. They started asking us to lie. They wanted us to tell our parents we were okay, but we refused. When the pressure from the embassy intensified, our boss reluctantly allowed our return,” she said.

Founder of Global Anti-Human Trafficking Organization, Prosper K. A. Michael, said the case reflects a wider trafficking network operating across West Africa.

“Human trafficking is a major form of global crime against humanity, involving a well-organised network of recruiters, transporters, and exploiters who use force, fraud, and deception to lure victims,” he said.

He added: “Over the years, we have carried out rescue operations of victims trafficked from Nigeria to countries such as Egypt, Libya, and Iraq.”

SaharaReporters

The survivors, Bella Boluwatife, Linda Zainab and Amoke Joy, told Sunday Vanguard they were recruited by an agent identified as Peter Osas, who allegedly promised them legitimate jobs abroad as bar attendants and housekeepers.

Oh
Nigeria don happened to ours gurlz

The same stories, patterns and experiences. It is either these girls are d..u..m...b.. or pretending to be.

So why would they leave the accommodating region in search of Malaysia job ?

The story is always the same - you're promised a non-technical zero-skill-based job or just a vague idea of jobs to come and do in another continent, and you'll believe and let yourself be trafficked.

While we call on government to contain these trafficking, isn't it NECESSARY THAT WE ALSO HAVE HOME-GROWN COMMON SENSE?

Sorry. When a good leader is at the helms, this nonsense won't happen. Ive never heard of Benin republic maids working in Nigeria anymore, neither do I still see the hyphen-faced Ghanaians anymore on our street mending plastic bowls and torn clothing with their shoulder-bound sewing machine. Niger people doing mai guard job are very rare in Nigeria nowadays. They've gone back home.

Vote wisely, 2027 is approaching. Nigeria isn't irredeemable after all. Nigerians are architect of their misfortune due to sentiments

Women refused to learn, they have been using this same method to lure them every single day

They ll all end in prision..n learn the hard way

Suffer dey oooo





God they.

Its just sad, our leaders just need to situp

Nigerian Women who are in this same captivity are in thousands. Just that no way out or information about it

This format still dey work People should be wiser by now

Nigeria had happened to them. I wonder why people always interested in traveling abroad instead of learning online skills here that can fetched the dollars more than those abroad

So sad ! From searching for a better life to a bitter life

Someone should please help me find that lady by the right hand side

I want to support her with 3 million Naira

😊😊😊

OLAADEGBU:
SaharaReporters

The survivors, Bella Boluwatife, Linda Zainab and Amoke Joy, told Sunday Vanguard they were recruited by an agent identified as Peter Osas, who allegedly promised them legitimate jobs abroad as bar attendants and housekeepers.

Malaysia and Mali. The traffickers have a sense of humour. I hope the matter is resolved peacefully, with the traffickers ending up in jail.

The same old story, yet they never learn.

The only solution to this Evil is D3@TH sentence to these CRIMINALS ,dubious visa agents

They will always want to Japa without thinking what is there for them

They don't learn at all ![ They will learn in hard way quote author=Mariangeles post=139149289]The same old story, yet they never learn.[/quote]

Opposite of MALAYSIA is MALI....

Bar work? In Malysia? the people running the bar couldn't find enough Malaysians in Malaysia to do their bar work? Very easy to questions to ask one's self before believing the people who do these scams.

Atleast they have left Nigeria and gone abroad

Some of these our girls are so unbelievably dumb to just read a common and an easy handwriting on the wall.
They just can't wait to hear " Malaysia" before they go bunker.
As if the job was waiting for them over there and this people recruiting them don't have brothers or sisters who need such jobs over there.
At this point in our lives, someone would just pop out from somewhere and convince someone's daughter and potential wife or girlfriend without a single drop of sweat.
Shame!!! Most of these girls are just gracefully walking about without their thinking caps.
Thank God you all are back in one piece.
Go and look for a hand work and stop being stupid.

Hajias looking for 'bar work' in Malaysia a majority Muslim country that has some level of fundamentalism

They know what's up they just thought they could rough it out

Japa must obey

Look for direct PR, do the process your selves 📌💯🤷🏿.

Smh... Even Malaysians never see work finish, na you wey dey Naija wan get the work?!

Make una dey get sense... This is 2026 for Pete sake.

Where are the jobs in Malaysia by the way? The cost of getting into Malaysia with your visa, personally processed by you at the high commission, is far more than going anywhere in Europe and the USA. After your visa, you purchase your ticket and YOU MUST have a minimum cash of two thousand US dollars to present to Malaysian immigration on request as a first timer, upon your arrival. You MUST also have your verifiable health card. How many women venture there?

Where are the jobs in Malaysia, when you only have a tourist visa?

If you have a few millions, why not try your hands on some good investments in Nigeria, or better still some great skills that will make you richer? You also can try your hands on importation of goods that can make life better for you.

Please stay off stress. This “madam” business is such a horrible and dehumanizing practice. For too many years it was Italy. Now, no country is spared by these horrible men and women. Get to all West African countries and you will find innocent and decent Nigerian ladies camped in apartments, with lies of traveling to Europe. They end up as prostitutes to fend for themselves and the men who take them there. Some are not able to venture out of the apartments for fear of exposing the place to police.

Black women and single motherhood

That’s the culture they want to import to Africa … feminism and anti-family and men hating syndromes …

These ideologies wreck down a society and create terrible kids that grow into adulthood to become uszeless to the society

Olachase:
Someone should please help me find that lady by the right hand side

I want to support her with 3 million Naira

😊😊😊

Alhaji divine her number for 200k and one strand of your hair