{"id":19038,"date":"2018-06-02T17:12:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T17:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19038"},"modified":"2018-06-02T17:12:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T17:12:39","slug":"how-i-escaped-being-trafficked-to-europe-as-a-sex-slave-queen-josephine-diete-spiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=19038","title":{"rendered":"HOW I ESCAPED BEING TRAFFICKED TO EUROPE AS A SEX SLAVE &#8211; Queen Josephine Diete-Spiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Queen Josephine Diete-Spiff, the wife of the Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, King Alfred Diete-Spiff,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1862193095\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0relieved her experience on how she was drafted to be trafficked to Europe for sex slavery and her escape.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Queen Josephine said that despite the pressure, threats and deceit adopted by human traffickers and their agents, she rejected their offer.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She said after rejecting their offer, she had to make do with menial jobs at dumpsites in Benin City, Edo State, to survive and escape traffickers\u2019 tempting promises.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The monarch\u2019s wife, who is also the Chairperson of the State Traditional Rulers Wives Association and the Niger Delta Royal Queen Forum, made the revelation during a call on her by members of the Young Mothers Support Foundation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">YMSF is an international non-governmental organisation campaigning against teenage pregnancy and child molestation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16343&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Queen Josephine said that she turned down a proposal from even her close friends to travel to Italy for sex slavery.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The wife of the first Military Governor of old Rivers State said, \u201cI had to carry blocks, cement and sand at a dumpsite to train myself in school.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThere is no justification for any girl child to go into drugs or travel to Europe for prostitution when they have the opportunity to be educated and achieve greatness through self-determination.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI am very interested in this programme because it is a reflection of me. I grew up in Benin City where prostitution was very rampant in my days and I was almost drafted to be one of them; but I said \u2018no.\u2019<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs a woman, you can do anything that will get you to where you are outside prostitution, outside drugs or traveling abroad to go and get molested and treated as less human.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI have a lot of friends then who went abroad (Italy). Today, they beg me for stipends.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIf people will learn how to read, you will be more advanced and you will be able to survive because life itself is full of troubles. So, there is no way you are going to escape it.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThat is why I am interested in the girl-child to let them know that I wasn\u2019t waiting for the boy, I wasn\u2019t waiting for government to give me money. I worked it out by myself.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cToday, I am proud to know that I am a woman who God used to be who I am today because I gave God the opportunity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAs a young woman, even if you have made a mistake, don\u2019t let your mistake stop you. Don\u2019t let the circumstances you find yourself determine your future. Create one for yourself.\u201d(PUNCH)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18603\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Josephine Diete-Spiff, the wife of the Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Rulers Council, King Alfred Diete-Spiff,\u00a0on Friday\u00a0relieved her experience on how she was drafted to be trafficked to Europe for sex slavery and her escape. 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