“I Was Deceived By My Friend”; Nigerian Lady Who Returned From Libya

The executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Mr. Emmanuel Shior yesterday received Miss Alice Adah, a Benue deportee from Lybia at the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, zonal office Portharcout, River state.

Mr. Shior stated that he got a call from NEMA zonal office Port-Harcourt that there was a Benue indigene among the returnees from Lybia, and without delay he swung into action and traveled to Portharcourt where he received her from the management of NEMA zonal office Portharcout to bring her back to Makurdi, Benue State capital.


SEMA boss said Miss Alice Adah would be handed over to her people after the rehabilitation unit of the agency finish a rehabilitation work on her.

Narrating her experience, Miss Alice Adah who hailed from Olaidu town of Okpokwu local government area of Benue state but said she grew up and lived in Abuja said she was deceived by her friend who told her there was a lot of money making opportunities in Lybia. But when she finally got there after spending three (3) weeks traveling on the sea, she found herself in the hands of agent who leased her out for a business of house keeping for a period of one year seven months without her getting anything at the end.

Miss Alice who said she would never forget her ordeal in the hands of Libyan police who could arrest and detain any Nigerian seen on the streets of Lybia, advised other girls not to toe her path, adding that she was grateful to God almighty for bringing her home alive, saying most of her friends who embarked on the journey together with her could not return to Nigeria alive.