Wael Jerro, a lebanese man who offered to sell a Nigerian woman for $1,000 on a Facebook group has been arrested by the Lebanese government. The chairman of Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, stated this in a tweet on Thursday, April 23, 2020.
Breaking news on Trafficked Nigerian girl for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese !The Lebenese Government just announced the arrest of Mr. WAEL JERRO for onward prosecution against criminal sales of a human, a young Nigerian girl
— Abike Dabiri-Erewa (@abikedabiri) April 23, 2020
The tweet states “Breaking news on Trafficked Nigerian girl for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese! The Lebanese Government just announced the arrest of Mr. WAEL JERRO for onward prosecution against criminal sales of a human, a young Nigerian girl,”.
Dabiri-Erewa, however, did not say if the Nigerian woman has been rescued.
The Lebanese, who offered to sell the Nigerian woman had posted on his Facebook page in Arabic language offering the woman for sale, but was exposed when a lady who understands Arabic translated his post to readers.
He wrote “Domestic worker from Nigeria for sale with new legal documents. She’s 30 years old, she’s very active and very clean. Price: $1000”. Although Wael Jerro’s deactivated his Facebook account and so could not be found, the Facebook marketplace Jerro tagged in his post – Buy & Sell In Lebanon (Original) الأصلي – still appeared on the social media platform.
Calls to the phone number listed on the Facebook page were not returned.
But the operators of the page said it is only to facilitate buying and selling between interested parties and are not responsible for what is posted on the page.
