Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed that the woman offered for sale on Facebook by a Lebanese, Mr Wael Jerro, has been rescued.

She said the victim, Busari Peace, was with the Nigerian Mission in Beirut, Lebanon.

Jerro had advertised the victim with her Nigerian passport on a Facebook page, ‘Buy and Sell in Lebanon’.

He put a price tag of $1,000 on the 30-year-old Ibadan, Oyo State indigene.

Dabiri-Erewa later announced arrest of the suspect by Lebanese government, whom she said also condemned the act.

She assured that Busari would be rescued.

In a tweet yesterday accompanied by a video clip, she said the victim had been rescued.

“Update on Nigerian girl put up for sale by a Lebanese, Wael Jerro, on Facebook. She has been rescued and safely with officials of the Nigerian Mission in Beirut,” she wrote.

Thisday