The Lebanese government has arrested its national, Wael Jerro, for attempting to sell a Nigerian woman for $1,000 on Facebook.
According to thenigerian.news, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Arewa, said this in a tweet on Thursday.
She emphasised the Lebanese government’s stance to institute legal action against Mr Jerro for human trafficking.
In her tweet she said: “The Lebanese Government just announced the arrest of Mr WAEL JERRO for onward prosecution against criminal sales of a human, a young Nigerian girl,” she wrote.
Mrs Dabiri-Erewa did not say if the Nigerian woman, believed to be a native of Oyo State, has been rescued.
The Nigerian Mission in Lebanon had earlier demanded the immediate handover of the victim to the mission “unconditionally and in good health”.
Nigerians had expressed anger at Wael Jerro, after he advertised Busari Peace for sale on the social media.
Jerro, who resides in Beirut, Lebanon, put up the passport of the victim, Busari Peace, on a Facebook group, ‘Buy and Sell in Lebanon.’
The user wrote in Arabic, “Domestic worker from Nigeria for sale with new legal documents. She’s 30 years old, she’s very active and very clean. Price: $1,000.”
The passport, which she acquired in May 2018, indicated that she hails from Ibadan, Oyo State.
An Instagram user, urged the Nigerian government to save the victim, adding that she might have been trafficked.
Source: punchng.com , thenigerian.news
