UNIVERSITY OF BENIN

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

LONG ESSAY/REPORT ON CONCURRENT PLACEMENT

BSW 416

AGENCY
JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE COMMISSION (J.D.P.C)

PRESENTER BY

1. ODEH HONEST SSC1814127 (LEADER)

2. IGBINOGUN SARAH SSC1814099 (ASS LEADER)
3. GODDAY FAITH IFEAKACHUKWU SSC1814093
4. ABUBAKAR RAHANA FAVOUR SSC1814771
5. OMORODION ADESUWA BECKY SSC1814144
6. OMOMA ISOKEN HOPE SSC1814143
7. EBOSELE MURPHY SSC1814071
8. OGEDENGBE RUTH MARIA SSC1814134
9. ANIE RUTH KONYE SSC1814055
10. OSADOLOR DESTINY OSAHON SSC1814154
11. OBOT GRACE SUNDAY SSC1814126
12. UWADIAE ODUMAMWEN JOSHUA SSC1814893

FEBRUARY, 2023

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

SECTION ONE

INTRODUCTION

HISTORY/BACKGROUND OF THE AGENCY

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

VISION STATEMENT

CORE VALUE OF THE AGENCY

MISSION

SECTION TWO

INVOLVEMENT AT THE AGENCY

CASE HANDLE: CASE ONE

CASE TWO

SECTION THREE

FUNCTION OF THE AGENCY

THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE AGENCY

CHALLENCGES ARE THE AGENCY

SECTION FOUR

SUMMARY/CONCLUSION

RECOMMENDATION

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 SECTION ONE

Introduction

This report is an outcome of the compulsory field practicum which take of the first

semester, year four as part of the qualification of the Award of Bachelor of Social Work.

This provides professional work experience with specific assignment and responsibilities

to student social workers field practicum is relevant to student personal career interests an

academic course study, servicing as a bridge between university and the world of works.

A productive field practicum help students make informed decision and improve their

motability after graduation.

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 HISTORY/BACKGROUND OF THE AGENCY

Edo state task force against human trafficking was form by Edo state governor Mr

Godwin Obaseki, in the year 2017. With a mission to eliminate the scourge of

human trafficking and irregular migration.

The members of the task force were inaugurated at the government house in Benin

city, the state capital. The purpose of the agency is to eradicate the menace of

human trafficking and modern day slavery and the Re-integration of returnees into

society.

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 VISION STATEMENT

1. Sensitization/Advocacy

2. Rehabilitation and Reintegration

3. Investigations

4. Prosecution

5. Research/data Analysis

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 CORE VALUES OF THE AGENCY

1. To reduce the problem of human trafficking in Edo state

2. To research and promote strategies in tackling the scourge of human

trafficking in Edo state

3. To assist in the rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of human

trafficking in Edo state

4. To work in collaboration with relevant agencies/ bodies in addressing the

problem of human trafficking in Edo state

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 MISSION

Our mission is to eradicate the menace of human trafficking and modern day

slavery and reintegration of returnees into society.

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INVOLVEMENT AT THE AGENCY

We the above named students of the department of social work were posted to

Justice Development and Peace Commission (J.D.P.C) Benin City in partial

fulfillment of the course BSW417.

We reported at the Agency on the 25th of march, on getting to the Agency We were

welcome to the organization and we were given an introduction class about the

functions of the organization, what they represent and also their rules and

regulations.

We also had a meeting with the coordinator of the organization on that very day.

We were involved in various activities such as brief taking as the organization is

made up of different departments e.g Legal, counselling, investigations, field

workers, research/data analyst, finance e.t.c.

We were fully involved in various activities such as brief taking, counselling,

visitation to prisons e.g Oko Central, Benin prisons, Juvenile Centre (a prison for

children) e.t.c.

At some point we were involved in legal cases where we had to visit the state

police Headquarters concerning some clients before legal procedures carried out.

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CASE HANDLED

CLIENT BIO DATA

CLIENT CLIENT’S MOTHER ETAHT SECRETARY

Name MISS B MRS. A MRS. O

Age 19years ADULT ADULT

Occupation Apprentice Business Owner Secretary

Sex Female Female Female

Religion Christianity Christianity Christianity
Address Benin City Benin City Benin City
Ethnic group Benin Benin Benin

State of origin Edo Edo Edo

SOCIAL PROBLEM: Human Trafficking

REFERRAL: Field Based Supervisor

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BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM

(According to the client during a brief taking session with her).

On the month of march 2022, she was at her work place as an apprentice when a

friend of hers visited her and told her she met some persons that spoke to her about

a life changing opportunity, they said there is a company in France that is in need

of foreign workers that are willing to work with them, These set of persons told her

friend that they can help in taking them to France and also make arrangement with

the company to reserve slots for they will only have to pay for the travel cost after

they have started working with the company and when the company starts paying

them salaries.

According to her friend it was a good opportunity to change their lives and she also

thought about it and it seemed like a life changing opportunity.

After a few weeks her friend took her to meet these persons and form there

arrangements were made to take them out of the country.

She continued to say their expectations were cut short when they started seeing

things different from what they expected, she and her friend and some other girls

were taken through some illegal routes under very risky conditions until they

finally arrived at a destination, but it wasn’t France as they promised. It was

Malaysia.

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Upon arrival they were split into different group and that was the last time she saw

her friend.

A woman came there to pick her up and she was taken to a place that looked like a

motel, according to her she said this was when she knew what it was and she

realized everything they told her was a lie there was no France, and no company.

She met some other girls there that had already settled for that kind of life, in fact

one told her that they will butcher her and sell her body parts if she tries to escape.

The “Big mama” as they called the woman in charge of the place called all of them

that newly came and according to her she said they must all carry the company’s

logo which is a tattoo of a butterfly on their laps and their backs.

She refused to do it and this was when her torture started she was locked in a

different room in the house, fed just once a day while she cries in pain from the

torture because she refused to allow the tattoo on her body.

After a few months of torture and hard work there she was able to escape to a local

police station there with the help of one of the girls in the house.

She got to the police station there and she narrated everything to them, where she

is from and what has happened to her so far, for a moment she felt like she was in

safe hands but her joy was cut short when the police officers there took her back to

her madam “The Big mama”

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The police were working with her. according to her she was punished brutally and

taken back to the house, this time she was already giving up and was ready for the

worst.

But after a few weeks she got help from someone there who gave her a number to

call and told her that if she can get a phone and call the number then they can help

her, she was lucky enough to contact the number and she said the person sounded

like a Nigerian, she gave her details and also some things she could recognize

around that environment to use as landmark.

And that was how after a few days NAPTIP raided the house, some of the girls ran

away and others like her that were already tired of that kind of life were rescued, it

happened that the person she called was a NAPTIP agent and her information was

sent to their office in Malaysia.

NAPTIP is the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person; An

Agency that fights against human trafficking. This is how she was rescued and

brought back to Nigeria.

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LINE OF ACTION

1. Interview with Client MISS B

2. Interview with client’s mother MRS. A

3. Interview with the secretary of Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking

(ETAHT), Mrs. O

4. Termination

5. Follow up

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SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION

INTERVIEW WITH CLIENT WITH MISS B

March 6th, 2023.

On this day of our interview with miss B, she revealed the reason for her action as

she taught it was a way to a better life for her and her family, she was ignorant of

what awaits her there and it’s an experience she will never forget.

We introduced the COMMUNITY BEHAVIOURAL THEORY, this theory builds

upon understanding the relationship between one’s environment and behavior as

her experience affected her psychologically and therefore made a change in her

behavior, to effectively carry out this process we also introduced the principle of

acceptance and confidentiality. Theses principles helped to build trust between us

and the client as we made her understand that she was safe with us and we accept

people as they are without judgment (non-judgement), we also applied the

principle of Empathy here, this is putting ourselves in the clients shoes to show her

we understand how she feels.

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INTERVIEW WITH CLIENT’S MOTHER (MRS A)

March 6th, 2023.

On interacting with the client’s mother Mrs. A, she said she cried day and night

thinking she had lost her daughter, she wasn’t aware of everything that was going

on with her daughter over there as she said her daughter only came to tell her of the

opportunity because she stays in a village here in Edo State, she also saw it as a

good opportunity and she supported her daughter, only for them to bring her

daughter back to her at a very terrible condition because of the experiences she

went through.

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INTERVIEW WITH THE SECRETARY OF EDO STATE TASKFORCE
AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING (ETAHT), MRS. O

March 6th 2023.

On interacting with the secretary of Interview with the secretary of Edo State

Taskforce Against Human Trafficking (ETAHT) Mrs. O., she gave us more details

about the case and how they have rescued several establish them here or for the

one’s that want to learn a trade they also assist them.

She narrated how NAPTIP was able to rescue the girl and they were able to

transfer her to the ETHAT where she was reunited with her family.

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TERMINATION

March 9th 2023.

We initiated a counselling and therapy session with the client miss B to help her

get through that traumatic experience and to also help her fit back in to the society.

We educate her and other’s during a seminar we organized at our J.D.P.C about the

dangers of human trafficking, his negative effect on its victims and also how be

aware of these activities in the society and to report any suspected activity of

human trafficking to the right authorities, after these sessions the case was hereby

terminated.

After the counselling and therapy session she said she wants to establish her own

saloon here.

Our Agency J.D.P.C took care of the funding and everything she needed to

establish that as she was back to herself after these sessions.

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 FOLLOW UP

April 17th 2023.

We the students engaged in successful follow up doing this period and we

observed positive changes as we visited the ETHAT office to get information’s

about her and we were pleased with her development.

Her family and ETAHT appreciated us for a job well done as she now fully

operates her own saloon and she is fully functional in the society again.

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 CASE TWO

Name Mr. B Miss J Mrs. G Mr. A

Age 45 13 55 50
Sex M F F M
Religion Christian Christian Christian Christian
Occupation Civil servant Student Business woman Farmer
Ethnic group
Address Benin city Benue state Benin city Benue state
State of origin Edo state Benue state Edo state Benue State
Marital status Married Single Married Married
Phone number Nil Nil Nil Nil

SOCIAL PROBLEM: INTERSTATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING MINOR

REFERRALS: FIELD BASED SUPERVISOR

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 BACKGROUND

On the 14th of December, the agency received Mr B who brought in miss J

according to Mr B, he saw miss Jaa along the road looking confused and he started

asking her some questions, Miss J told him that she was from Benue state, she was

brought to Benin city for a job(house help work) only for the woman that brought

her took her to a guest house where she melt other girls, she later find out that the

job is prostitution.

When she had know her way around, that was when she decided to run away

without knowing where she was going to.

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 LINE OF ACTION/SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTIONS:

1. Interaction session with Mr B

2. Interview with Miss J

3. Interaction session with Miss J

4. Invitation of Miss C to the agency

5. Interaction of Miss C

6. Joint interaction of miss J and miss C

7. Intervention/investigation

8. Termination

9. Follow up

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 INTERACTION SESSION WITH MR B

14th December, 2021

Mr B,On the 14th December brought in miss J to the agency and narrated how he

saw miss J on the road looking confused and he went to her and ask some

questions after she finished talking to him, he decided to bring her to the agency

for help.

We the students social worker and the team of counseling department thank Mr B

for his good work and told him we will take the matter from here.

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 INTERVIEW WITH MISS J

14th December, 2021

Miss J was invited into the counseling session by we the students social worker

and the head of counseling department. We noticed that she was not comfortable

with the strange faces she was seen, we had to ensure she was comfortable and

willing to talk before we start with the interview. after much friendly talk with

Miss J, she was now willing to talk with us.

Miss J said, she is 13years of age, from Benue state, she was brought to Benin

city by a woman who promised her parents that's she was going to take care of her

and also she was going to give her a job(house help work) and also put her in

school. after she followed the woman down to Benin city, she took her to a brothel

where she melt other girls there, she later find out that the job and school the

woman promised her was all a scam,that d main work was prostitution and she

couldn't run away at time because she doesn't Know her way aroundn. When she

has know her way around, that was when she decided to run away from the brothel.

As she was working around the street of Benin that was when she met Mr B.

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 COUNSELING SESSION WITH MISS J

After the interview session with Miss J we the students social worker went further

to probe her, because her life was in danger because the woman will be looking

everywhere for her by now. Our team of social workers during counseling session

with the aid of principle of acceptance, non-judgemental attitude,empathy, and

confidentiality we were able to help her understand that what the woman did to her

was bad and in this stage of her life she is not melt to go through such trauma.

After much counseling with Miss J she was now ask if she can remember the

brothel that the woman took her to and if she can take us there and she gave her

approval for it.

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 INTERVENTION

We the students social worker and the team of counseling department of the

agency took Miss J to the investigation department of the agency. We took are

there because d investigation department of d agency are d ones responsible to

handle and make arrests of any body involved in human trafficking. With the

phone number Miss J put down when filling her details we were able to put a call

through to the dad and he was invited to the agency.

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 INVESTIGATION 16 DECEMBER

With the help of team of investigation department, we move into action Miss J

took some members of the investigation department to the brothel and she was ask

to remain in the car while the team of investigation went into the brothel to make

enquirer, after asking one or two question in the place a letter of summon was

issued out to Miss G(the human trafficking woman) inviting her to the agency for

questioning.

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 ISSUE OF LETTER OF SUMMON 16 DECEMBER

Letter of summon was issued out to Mrs G inviting her to the agency on the 20th

December..

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 INTERACTION WITH MRS G

Mrs G arrived the agency few hours after the scheduled time with her lawyer, we

the students social worker and the head of prosecution and investigation

department told her the reason for the summon to the agency, she was shocked

when she saw Miss J entered the office with the team of counseling department she

was ask if she know Miss J and her relationship with Miss J, she denied most of

the things Miss j told us about.after much interaction with Mrs G she was later

handed over to the team of investigation department to handle her from there.

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 INVITATION OF MR A

we the student social worker asked Miss j if she knows the contact of her father so

we can call him to the agency she gave us her father's number and we had to call

him of which he agreed to come.

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 INTERACTION SESSION OF MR A

21 December, 2021

Mr A arrived at the agency few hours before the time, we the students social

worker gave him warm welcome and make him feel at ease as he was little bit

confused on the reason he was invited. We had to ensure he was comfortable

before explaining the reason for his invited.

We the students social worker and the head of counseling department told him

what happened to the daughter in the hands of Mrs G. Mr A was devastated

because he thought the woman was going to give the daughter a bright future has

she have promised them before taking the daughter that was why he allowed his

daughter to follow the woman, that if only he had knowledge that is this kind of

job the woman was talking about he will not have allowed it.

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 TERMINATION

We the students social worker and the head of counseling department hand over

Miss J to Mr A,before Mr A leave with Miss J we the students social worker make

sure miss j got the benefit from the state government. We told Mr A to take care of

Miss J for her not to fall into d wrong hands again and we promised to always be

checking on her from time to time.

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 FOLLOW UP

We the students social worker put a call across to Miss J to find out how she is

doing and if she had gone back to school and her response was positive, Miss J

then ask of Mrs G we told her that are case is in court now. Miss J thanks us for

saving her life and making are dreams of going back to school come through.

Follow up continue.

Theory: psycho social theory

Principles: acceptance, non judgemental attitude, empathy and confidentiality.

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 SECTION THREE

Function of the agency

Human trafficking taskforces are multidisciplinary teams established with the goal

of providing the broad cast range of service and resource for victims and the most

diverse range of investigation and prosecution option in response to the

perpetrators of this crime.

The role of social works in the agency

1. Social workers work diligently to address the social issues that lead to

victimization.

2. Social workers uphold their social work values all persons

3. Social worked play a role in proving direct support to those victimized

through advocacy psychoeducation and clinical intervention

4. Social works talk to their clients about the waring signs of potential

exploitation and how to access help

Challenges of the agency

1. Breakdown in communication and co-ordination

2. Personally difference

3. Gender inequality

4. Economic instability

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