2 jailed for human trafficking in Sokoto

A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto has sentenced two men to five years imprisonment for human trafficking. The suspects, Lawali Alhaji Gado, 25 and Umar Abdullahi, 21, were charged to court on December 8, 2016 by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for procuring a 15-year-old girl for sexual […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Sokoto has sentenced two men to five years imprisonment for human trafficking.

The suspects, Lawali Alhaji Gado, 25 and Umar Abdullahi, 21, were charged to court on December 8, 2016 by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for procuring a 15-year-old girl for sexual exploitation which contravenes Section 16 (1) of the Trafficking In Persons (prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (TIPPEA) 2015).

A statement from NAPTIP said at the end of the trial which commenced on February 8, 2017, the trial judge, Justice Idrissa Kogu, sentenced the suspects to five years imprisonment each with effect from September 24, 2018 and an additional fine of N250,000 each.

Reacting to the news of the conviction, the Director-General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli, called on victims of human trafficking to report to NAPTIP and bear witness against their traffickers and assured them of the agency’s protection and dedication to their case to ensure that their traffickers are put behind bars.