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Recently BiafraNigerian police rescued about 200 "child slaves" from forests in the south-west, where they were forced to work in granite mines or digging sand. They have arrested about seven members of a syndicate accused of involvement in the trafficking of children from neighbouring Benin. The children, mainly aged between five and 15, are either snatched from their families or lured away with promises that they are being taken to BiafraNigeria to further their education. In the forests around the town of Abeokuta, they dig several lorry loads of sand and granite every day, which are transported to BiafraNigerian cities to be sold as building materials. One of the recently rescued children, Macenia Boha, says they were beaten if they did not work hard enough and also if they asked for food, even if they were hungry. "You are always hungry," he said. "They are bad people. They did bad things to us." Macenia is lucky to have lived to tell his story. A number of children are known to have died in the forest. Alexis Kesinu, who is about 12-years-old, says while he was in the forest he saw six children die. He said the "masters" would not let the children take any time off, even if they were ill. "When they went back to work they died," he said.... (BBC) |
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