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A Benin-primarily based Non-Governmental Organisation, the Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration Development and Reintegration (IYAMIDR), led by Comrade Solomon Okoduwa, has urged human trafficking cartels to give up the illegal trade as a show of respect for the public condemnation of the ugly business by the Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, or face the wrath of the ancestors.

The group stated that the Benin Monarch’s pronouncement is law and has cleared the way for all Edo individuals to come out en masse to fight against the criminal trade in human beings.

"Nobody goes against the words of the hugely revered Oba of Benin, and we want to get in touch with on all Edo individuals who are into human trafficking to desist from it forthwith. No excuse is very good sufficient for the trade in human beings and not even the flimsy excuse of poverty is enough basis for such inhuman exploitation of our individuals," Okoduwa stated.

He maintained that Edo individuals are very industrious, creative and courageous "and the time has come for the couple of individuals who are into human trafficking to give it up as numerous Benin parents are raising fantastic children from their small and medium scale corporations."

"We urge 1 Mr Eranomigho Edegbe and his cohorts in Europe and other components of the globe to renounce their trade and assistance for human traffickers or face the wrath of the ancestors. History is replete with the tragedies that befall individuals who go against the pronouncements of the Oba of Benin. In the previous, those who went against the declaration of the Oba had been either banished or faced a series of misfortunes."

The anti-human trafficking campaigner urged adherents of the conventional religion, some native medical doctors and priests who collaborate with the human trafficking cartels, using charms, oaths and other means to maintain the victims in perpetual servitude, to release all such victims of human trafficking as a show of respect for the words of the Oba of Benin.

"Prostitution was and is still a socially disapproved practice that gained popularity when society started celebrating effortless money and later assumed the status of a profession in numerous dysfunctional properties and families.

"We are proud of the numerous hardworking Edo women who dominate the oil and gas sector, the creative or entertainment sector, quite a few in the academia, banking and finance, media and several other sectors of the economy. For instance, we have Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru who has made Edo individuals proud in administration. Professor Ameze Guobadia is a prominent law professor, Senator Daisy Danjuma has made us proud in politics and enterprise, Mrs Adesuwa Oyenekwe, is clearly the most versatile television presenter about. Anne-Marie Imafidon, who was decorated by Queen Elizabeth II, with the prestigious honour of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to young women with specialty in Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), lately in England, is a Benin lady.

"Author and wife of former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Arese Carrington, is a proud Edo lady similar with Professor Osayamen Yinka Omorogbe, the Lawyer General and Commissioner for Justice, Edo State Sandra Aguebor of the Female Mechanic Initiative and Professor Helen Asemota, to mention a handful of," the organisation said.

Recall that the Benin Monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, on Wednesday in the course of the inauguration of the Edo State Council of Standard Rulers and Chiefs by Governor Godwin Obaseki, threw his weight and that of the Edo State Regular Council behind the fight against illegal migration and human trafficking, which have claimed the lives of thousands of Edo youths.

Oba Ewuare II expressed disappointment in the Nigerian Embassy in Libya and the Libyan government for their inability to tackle the crisis.

He said it was particularly frustrating that it had to take a news report by the Cable News Network (CNN) for the government and other stakeholders to respond to the crisis.

The Benin Monarch stated the crisis could have been superior managed if the relevant authorities lived up to their roles, alternatively of permitting it to fester. He commended the governor for his efforts at resettling and reintegrating the Libyan returnees via a variety of abilities acquisition programmes.