A 21-year-old Nigerian Woman Lured With Job Promise, Sold For N770,000 in Mali - Police

It started with a promise of a good job abroad. According to the Nigeria Police Force, Miss Godiya Amos, 21, from Akwanga in Nasarawa State, was lured away on September 26, 2026, by a man who allegedly leads an international human trafficking syndicate. She has now been rescued from Mali.

Police say the man, Orgba Solomon, 28, also known as Terry, resides in the Republic of Benin. He allegedly took Amos’s mobile phone and travel documents before she left, cutting off her communication with her family.

She was allegedly taken through Lagos and illegal border routes into the Republic of Benin, then transported to artisanal gold-mining camps in Mali, where female victims were reportedly forced into prostitution.

Police said she was subsequently handed over to other members of the trafficking network and sold for CFA420,000, equivalent to approximately N770,000.

“Her refusal to engage in prostitut!on attracted severe beatings, and she was allegedly forced to take a blood oath at a shrine before being compelled into s3xual exploitation,” the police said.

It was Amos’s sister who set things in motion. A report by the sister prompted operatives of the Special Tactical Squad’s intelligence unit (STS-FID) to launch an intelligence-led investigation.

On October 18, Solomon returned to Nigeria to recruit more women for trafficking to Senegal and Mali, according to the police.

That led to the rescue of three other female victims, identified as Martha Godiya, Amina Usman and Hadisa Yahaya.

The three women were subsequently reunited with their families.

Further digital intelligence led to the arrest of Solomon and his alleged accomplices, Daniel Aondofa, 26, and Thankgod Ocho, 25, all indigenes of Benue State.

The suspects reportedly confessed to their involvement in the network and provided information that helped police rescue Amos from Mali.

The Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Special Tactical Squad (STS), Victor Ogbiede Godfrey, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja yesterday.

He said the operation, which took place between October 1 and 27, also led to the rescue of three other female victims and a woman from Mali.

The rescued woman also told police that approximately 42 Nigerian women are being held in a makeshift camp within a remote gold-mining settlement, where they were allegedly subjected to forced prostitution and harsh, slave-like conditions.

“Their movements are restricted, making escape extremely difficult,” the police quoted her as saying.

Police said investigations were ongoing and that efforts had been intensified to apprehend other members of the network and rescue more victims.