Oba of Benin, Belgian envoy unify against human trafficking

   L-R: Omo N' Oba N' Edo, Uku                         Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of             Benin receiving a gift from the                       Ambassador of Belgium to Nigeria,             Pieter Leenknegt 

Ambassador of Belgium to Nigeria, Pieter Leenknegt recently paid a courtesy visit to His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, with both parties reaching a resolution to sustain public enlightenment on the dangers of irregular migration and human trafficking.

The courtesy visit comes five years after the Oba received global attention for singularly laying curses on persons, organized groups and institutions that clandestinely engaged others in human trafficking and related activities.

His Royal Majesty, the king, updated his guests about concerted efforts put in place by the palace to eradicate human trafficking. He said human trafficking is intertwined with illegal migration, a societal scourge which is however not peculiar to Africa alone, with data showing that people get trafficked to European countries where such end up as victims when they get exploited. 

He observed, "Human trafficking is a menace that has been with mankind for a long time. The problem is that human trafficking is tied to illegal migration".

The first Class monarch recalled how the Oba Palace took desperate measures to address raised issue when Benin City was erroneously tagged the hub for human trafficking by the western media some years back. 

The Belgian ambassador was accompanied on this auspicious visitation by Mr Kelvin Uwaibi, Managing Director, Edo State Investment Promotion office and Mr Mosis Obakpolor, a Director in the State's Civil Service.

 

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