A middle aged man, Mr. Charity Obwunoguan, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court, Ikeja, for alleged procurement of a girl, Miss Blessing Emmanuel, for prostitution in Mali.
Obwunoguan appeared before Justice Stephen Adah on a three-count charge of “organising foreign travels, which promote prostitution, procurement for prostitution and deceitful inducement of persons to Mali.”
The offence, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Ganiyu Ilori, contravenes the provisions of Trafficking in Persons Prohibition Enforcement and Administration Act 2003 as amended.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
Led in evidence by the prosecutor, a witness, Mr. Ola Rotifa, an investigating officer with the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic Persons (NAPTP), told the court that the accused allegedly deceived Miss Emmanuel, who he met sometime in 2009, that he would take her to Europe.
Rotifa told the court that on June 11, last year, the accused allegedly handed Miss Emmanuel over to a contact, Dominic, who took her to Cotonou, Benin Republic, from where they proceeded to Mali.
Another prosecution witness, Mr. London Aloba, a police officer, told the court that sometimes in July, last year, he was in his house when he received a call from Miss Emmanuel that she was somewhere in Mali.
Led in evidence by the prosecutor, Aloba, said Miss Emmanuel told him that she was travelling abroad to Europe, but that her journey was diverted to Mali.
The witness said Miss Emmanuel informed him that the trip was allegedly arranged by charity and that his daughter would assist him to locate where the accused is residing.
“As at the time I got the information, Charity was not known to me, but based on the information, I asked my daughter to go and locate where Charity lives off our street in Fagba. At 12 midnight, I led some Policemen to the place and he was arrested and brought to the station and the following day, he was transferred to Panti,” Aloba said.
Under cross examination by counsel to the accused, Mr. O. Enyi, the witness, who said he got to know Miss Emmanuel during the feneral of his wife, said he was not aware of any relationship between the accused and the victim before the incident. Justice Adah adjourned trial to October 4.
via The Nation
http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/51543-man-arraigned-for-human-trafficking.html
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