Adeola Omotoso, daughter of Nollywood actress Jumoke George, has narrated how she was trafficked to Mali and sold into prostitution after being deceived with a fake job offer.

Speaking in an interview on the Talk to B show hosted by actress Abiola Bayo, Adeola revealed that her journey into misery started when a woman introduced her to a job in a pharmaceutical store in Mali.

“I met someone who introduced travelling to Mali to me. She said she knows someone who owns a pharmacy and asked if I could help manage it as the owner wants to come to Nigeria to rest.” Adeola explained.

“I told her there was no problem. She said I didn’t need to bring anything, that she would lend me the money to go and help me with the Yellow Card. She said I could pay her back with my first salary.”

Adeola said, desperate to make ends meet, she didn’t inform anyone about the plan and embarked on the journey.

“We boarded a bus from Cotonou. It was called African II. We passed through Togo, Ghana, and other countries. It was a four-day journey. Sometimes we would stop for people to pray or rest. There were about six drivers on the bus, taking turns,” she recalled.

On arriving Bamako, the capital city of Mali, she said things took a terrifying turn.

“She gave me a number to call. She said her friend would house me until I start work. When I got there and asked if she was my sister’s friend, she said, ‘I be your madam.’”

“She told me my sister sold me to her for 1.5 million CFA francs. I was shocked and confused.”

Adeola said she refused to work as a prostitute and begged to do other jobs to pay the money back.

“I told her I can’t do it and would rather die. She took my phone and travel documents and said I must work for her.”

“She took me to a brothel, but I knew I wouldn’t survive there. I started praying.”

In a stroke of luck, Adeola said she met a kind-hearted man who helped her escape.

“I explained everything to one man there. He helped me get a job with a woman who sells food. I started working there.”

Even while working as a food seller, she said the trauma didn’t end.

“I saw girls dying because of prostitution. I wanted to raise some money to return home. I didn’t want to come back empty.”

“I thought about my mum and my kids, but I couldn’t call them. I was ashamed. I told my roommate not to post me online if I died.”

Adeola, who had left Nigeria four years earlier, said she had nothing to show for her time away.

“I left home four years ago, and I was just suffering. I don’t know how good my mother is before God that He saved me.”

She said she broke down in tears when she saw the viral video of her mother crying and praying for her return.
“When I saw my mum’s video crying, I couldn’t sleep. I was so sad. People started calling me.”

Before leaving Nigeria, Adeola had worked as an auxiliary nurse, caregiver, and in a pharmacy in Ibadan, hoping to build a better life for herself and her children.

Now back home, her story has drawn national attention, reviving conversations around human trafficking, illegal migration, and family betrayal.

Her mother, Jumoke George, has yet to speak publicly since the reunion. But Nigerians online continue to express shock and sympathy over the story.

Authorities are yet to name or arrest the woman who allegedly sold Adeola into prostitution.