"They have my passport and everything I brought with me"

I was taken away from my family when I was only fourteen. They told my mother that they would take me to Europe where I could go to school, work and that I would get rich. It was hard for her, but she let me go. They lied.

They have my passport and everything I brought with me. My kidnappers raped me. I got pregnant when I was 15. One day I saw the men kill two of the other girls. They buried them behind the house. I was safe because they didn't see me.

I was sent to Germany. They told me the white men would love me more because I was pregnant. They said they would pay me more money. They lied. I was alone when I gave birth to my son. I had to leave him in Berlin.

I'm now 36 years old. I live in fear every day. I don't sleep well. I'm afraid they'll find me and kill me. I don't go to the store, to the church, or to the park with my two-year-old son. I don't leave my house. I don't trust anyone, not even the police.

I want to go home to see my family. I want to be with them so badly, but I can't. The men still want money from me. If I go home, they'll kill me because I don't have the money they want from me. The police in Nigeria don't help me; they handle such things as this like a simple shoplifting.

It started out as a dream for a better life, but the lies turned into a nightmare. Now I dream of freedom. I dream of being with my family. I dream of being normal.