Oloture’s story is more familiar than you think.

Growing up in Nigeria, anyone who mentioned immigrating to Italy was viewed through the lens of a prostitute, as it was the thriving hub of harlotry.
As Africans, we have heard stories, and we probably know people who know others who have fallen victims to trafficking. Their experiences were so dehumanizing, they left an acerbic after taste, even long after told.
I am a human rights advocate, so I had hoped and expected a clampdown on sexual trafficking, but on the contrary, Oloture revealed the exact opposite.
I am yet to overcome the traumatic effect that Chika Unigwe’s book - On black sister Street - had on me. It was a roller-coaster of emotions.
Oloture explored the grueling day-to-day lives of the prostitutes in Lagos, Nigeria.
Personally, the rude awakening remains that people pay heavily, to be trafficked.
It is terribly upsetting!
That is just the tip of the iceberg, these women are also expected to constantly pay their traffickers. They are given stipulations to send hefty cuts of their earnings each month to pay off their considerable debts.
Upon arrival to Europe, their passports are seized and they are cut off from communications outside the ring. They’re then introduced to a “survival of the fittest” kind of world.
More heart wrenching is the actuality that Some of these girls are ignorant, some are misinformed.
I read a story of a woman who was trafficked in Europe, she had been informed that she would become a nanny.
In another story, the victim was told she would be a receptionist, her most trusted aunt arranged with traffickers, and shipped her off to Europe.
Listening to these harrowing experiences, I often wonder if all humans are truly equal.
The questions remain:
How do we fix our continent so that our girls have choices that are far from prostitution?
Are we ready to have conversations about human and sexual trafficking business in Africa? It racks in $200 billion globally!
How do we fight a globally coordinated ring of human traffickers?
It is an organogram that goes right to the top.
Attached below is a link to my latest video on YouTube, kindly click and watch as we (Max and I) shared our thoughts and opinions on Oloture.