A 33 - year -old Nigerian woman , Mrs Gloria Bright , who was rescued from Lebanon on Monday , has said she was promised $ 1 ,000 teaching job but was turned into a slave , doing domestic chores, in Lebanon.
Bright , who hails from Eruku in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State , said she was made to work for a new master .
The holder of National Diploma in Accounting said, “ There is no job in Lebanon and there is no dollar in that country , but they tricked us to the place and made us to believe there was work there . ”
She advised Nigerian women to beware of travel agents that promised jobs in foreign countries .
She spoke just as the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it was investigating a list of 27 Nigerian ladies that travelled to Lebanon in search of employment .
The NSCDC Commandant, Bello Ale, disclosed this on Tuesday in Ilorin while handing over Bright , who returned in the early hours of Tuesday , to the President of Eruku Progressive Union , Mr Shola Daniels .
Ale said the repatriation of Bright was one of the successes recorded by the security agency in its investigation of alleged slavery involving Nigerian women.
He acknowledged , however, that the repatriation was achieved through the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission , and an NGO , Phemnick Life Support.
The commandant said the presence of the 27 Nigerian women in Lebanon was revealed in a document retrieved from three suspects behind their ordeals . Among the victims were Ms Omolola Ajayi and Mrs Gloria Bright , whose videos as slaves went viral .
He said the three suspects arrested were a Lebanese , Wasit Muhammad , 63 years; Adetunji Sanusi , 33 years; and a lawyer , Tunde Awwal , 27 years .
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