They also said they were made to live in squalid conditions and slept in an uncompleted building, exposing them to the elements and rodents.
“Some of us became sick and had to depend on some Nigerians and immigrants from neighbouring Niger Republic for drugs and other needs. He said their benefactor became alarmed on learning of the five that escaped and measures were put in place to check further escape from reoccurring, saying seven of them later decided they were done with the work, since they were not receiving any wages, and informed those that brought them to the country about wanting to quit. But their request was not granted and the authorities were informed about their intentions.
When they arrived Benin Republic, they were handed over to a businesswoman, who thereafter took them to Gaoua, a town of about 150 kilometres from Ouagadougou, the country’s capital, where she kept them in servitude without food and money for some time. “Since I began work in Burkina Faso, I saw Wagini only once, as he was away most of the time. He told us one day that he wanted to go back home to Nigeria and would spend 14 days. That was last time I saw him.
“He then asked us why our condition was the way it was and we narrated to him how we found ourselves in the situation. He then promised to speak to the Sarkin Hausawa about us, so that he could wade in and assist us.” “We even reminded her that she was yet to pay us our wages and was hardly giving us anything to eat, that she allows us to go, but she refused. For the three months we were there, we had lost all hope of ever coming back to Nigeria.
The governor’s special adviser on Drugs, Narcotics and Trafficking, Hamza Borodo, who led the state officials to Burkina Faso to receive them, said 23 persons were brought back to Nigeria, while two others refused to come back.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
What now the different with the Nigeria situation... Almost the same. Am happy for you guys Though that's part one here's part two... From frypan to fire
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