UPU Asia President Frown At Human Traffickers And Gave Stern Warning To Agents In Malaysia

Olorogun Ejiroghene Omonemu (President UPU Asia)

The President of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Asia, Chief Ejiroghene Omonemu's attention has been drawn to the most inhuman practice, forceful prostitution. 

A practice where young girls from Africa, including some of Urhobo origin are lured to Malaysia (Asia) with the promise of greener pastures and furthering their education, most times these are tactics of deceit by some unscrupulous elements that have constituted themselves into a cartel solely for the purpose of this despicable practice.

For the avoidance of doubt and in the interest of the general public, we want to categorically states that, call it forced labor or sexual slavery or commercial sexual exploitation is not part of the URHOBO DNA and CULTURE. This practice is unethical to the dignity and culture of the Urhobo nation, hence we strongly condemn it.

As a responsible group Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Asia, will not hesitate to report to the authorities any case of human trafficking it has knowledge of for proper action.

We hereby encourage any present victim in Malaysia to contact the Urhobo Progress Union, to enable them regain total freedom, and those that plan to return back home, will be guided and assisted, those that want to settle legally in Malaysia will as well be guided and supported while setting up for a more decent and better life.

To this regard, we urge our members to dissociate themselves from this unwholesome and unworthy practice.

This is without prejudice to further steps we shall take to preserve the integrity of the Urhobo Nation.

While affirming this stand, Chief. Ejiroghene immediately setup a 5-man committee to fish out any Urhobo daughters that are involved in any form of human trafficking in Malaysia.

As he continue sounding his voice, he gave a pro-founding statement, "anyone who continue to traffic Urhobo girls into Malaysia for the purpose of prostitution, such person should consider their money spent (investment) as they rightly call it, such investment is a wasteful and total loss". 

The union will work with the Nigerian High Commission, authorities in Nigeria and the Malaysian authorities to fish out those girls and have them deported back to Nigeria with no room for any sort of negotiations or any form of compensation.