A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced one Favour Eboigbe to 10 years’ imprisonment for trafficking six girls to Burkina Faso for prostitution.
Eboigbe was arraigned on 12 counts before Justice A. A. Okeke.
It was gathered that the 37-year-old man was living outside the country by officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons in Edo in 2009, following a tip-off.
The victims, who were between the ages of 15 and 21 years, were taken to NAPTIP after they were rescued.
Eboigbe had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were said to be contrary to sections 15a, 16 and 19b of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act, 2003.
Justice Okeke, however, sentenced him to a 10-year jail term, when the case resumed on February 29, 2016.
Meanwhile, the Benin Zonal Command of NAPTIP said it had successfully rescued 1,200 girls in Edo State since 2004 and secured 55 convictions.
The spokesman for the command, Mr. Nduka Nwanwene, said the law empowering the agency had been strengthened to prevent Nigerians from being shipped out of the country for sexual exploits by unscrupulous people.
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Human traffickinggagain, may he recieve d accorded punishment, amen
ReplyDeleteGood!
DeleteOne less trafficker.
More will be caught
Baba God, na ur hand we dey for Naija oh!
ReplyDeleteAs in enh, we need God in Nigeria like never before
DeleteOnly in Benin
ReplyDeleteIt just had to happen in Benin
DeleteChoi!
Very good... more convictions on the way!
ReplyDeleteGood.
ReplyDeleteBut is 10 years imprisonment for trafficking 6 girls not a bit lenient?
Wonder how many years Ese's kidnappers and their likes wil get.
Edo no dey fall hand na!
ReplyDeleteGood 4 him
ReplyDeleteServes him right
ReplyDeleteAfter 10years he will come back and continue. That's if he will not be running that business from our porous prisons.
ReplyDelete10??? He should get life!
ReplyDeletestella most of dis girls are aware of what dy are going to do there, but if dy cannot meet up dere target dy run to d police to lie against d person dat brought them there.most of them before leaving nigeria they were told about the job they are going to do overthere (prostitution) bcos of desperation dy accept.
ReplyDeleteBecause they are aware doesn't make it okay.
DeleteIIt an illegal transaction
Its like saying drug dealers shouldn't be punished because those buying from them weren't forced or coerced but bought with their free will
HmmmMm, na wa....o but 10years is too small with the way years dey run This days.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy ya stay in prison... #Successful
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