There is a growing trend of migrants, who get trapped in Libya, being sold off by trafficking gangs in the North African country.
Reports indicate that most of them, who leave their home countries in the hope of crossing the Mediterranean to get to Europe, hardly make it as they suffer heavy casualties.
Only on Wednesday, the House had passed a resolution seeking the Federal Government’s intervention to stop the auctioning of black Africans, especially Nigerians.
On Thursday, Dogara, who just returned from Italy, where he attended a conference on “Confronting the Scourge Of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery”, addressed his colleagues during plenary in Abuja.
The speaker said, “Permit me to use this opportunity to call on Mr. President to lead this struggle for total and unconditional emancipation of the unfortunate victims of this scourge.
“History beckons on our President with a gold pen and a page reserved for only Africa’s great statesmen if he successfully leads the campaign to eradicate modern slavery.
“Mr. President should, if necessary, deploy Nigeria’s diplomatic and military clout on this matter. We would like to see an immediate convening of emergency session of the ECOWAS and AU to launch a rescue operation as soon as possible.”
