About 130 underaged Nigerian girls are still trapped in Mali and Burkina Faso, Punch reports.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed that 90 of the girls are in Burkina Faso while the remaining 40 are in Mali.

She said the Nigerian embassies in the two countries were making efforts to rescue the girls.

She warned Nigerians to avoid traveling to Libya where there is a death penalty for illegal immigration.

Recall that 171 Nigerians recently returned from Libya and were received at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.

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