Bayelsa Court Sentences Woman to Seven Years for Human Trafficking, S3xual Exploitation
Bayelsa Court Sentences Woman to Seven Years for Human Trafficking, S3xual Exploitation
Bayelsa Court Sentences Woman to Seven Years for Human Trafficking, S3xual Exploitation
A High Court of Bayelsa State has sentenced a 25-year-old woman, Gloria Lucky, to seven years’ imprisonment for offences relating to human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
The court, presided over by Justice Doris O. Adokeme in Court 3, convicted Lucky on four counts, including conspiracy, facilitating the activities of persons involved in human trafficking, procuring a person under the age of 18 for sexual exploitation, and facilitating foreign travel for the purpose of prostitution.
The offences are punishable under Sections 27, 13(c) and (f), 16(2), and 18 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.
The court ordered that the sentences on all four counts run concurrently, resulting in a total of seven years’ imprisonment.
Lucky was also fined and ordered to pay ₦500,000 in compensation to each of the two victims, bringing the total compensation to ₦1 million.
Bayelsa Court Sentences Woman to Seven Years for Human Trafficking, S3xual Exploitation
