A Nigerian smuggler who terrified his victims into silence through “juju” witchcraft rituals and segxwal violence was convicted today [Oct. 26] of trafficking girls to work in the sex trade across Europe.
Former security guard Osezua Osolase faces jail when he is sentenced on Monday [Oct. 29] for tricking impoverished young Nigerian girls into travelling to Britain before farming them out as sex workers for up (euros) 70,000 a time to continental gangs.
Police identified flight records and forged passport records to show that he recruited 28 girls and escorted many of them abroad over a 15-month period from 2010. But Osolase boasted to his victims that he had been running the scam for more than a decade.
Osolase deliberately targeted some of the most vulnerable girls in the world - orphaned, ill-educated and homeless - and brought them to Britain where he kept them captive.
The 42-year-old ensured their obedience by binding the young girls to him with "juju" rituals - a powerful force in parts of Nigeria - that left girls fearing that they would die if they ran away or spoke out against him.
But in a major breakthrough for police, officers traced three of their victims - aged 14, 16, and 17 at the time - who were prepared to give evidence after they were stopped by authorities while travelling to the European cities on false travel documents.
One of the girls told how she was taken to a house of witchcraft in Lagos. The teenager was given a blood-like mixture told to bathe in it and wrap sodden cloth around her. A priest cut hair from her armpits, some of her finger and toe nails and took blood from her hand. The woman was told that the body parts taken in the ritual would be used to find and kill her if ever she tried to run away.
The majority of Osolase's victims were trafficked to Italy, Spain and France where there is a high demand for West African women to work in the sex trade, police said. However, detectives believe that he funnelled his wealth back to Nigeria and had no trappings of wealth at his home in Northfleet, Kent.
Detective Inspector Eddie Fox said:
"Osolase led these girls to believe a better life awaited them in the UK, he preyed on vulnerable girls who had no one to care for them and would not be missed”. "Juju is a well established belief but Osolase corrupted it in a bid to gain control and bend the wills of his victims. He exploited the girls and took advantage of the fact they had nobody. They were scared, in an unfamiliar country and felt they had no other option but to do as they were told”.
Osolase was convicted on five counts of human trafficking, one count of molest and one count of segxwal activity with a child. He was cleared of five other charges.
Posted: at 26-10-2012 10:07 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
babybluee at 26-10-2012 10:19 PM (12 years ago) (f)
Evil act...
Work Hard, Play Harder, Stay Humble...
Posted: at 26-10-2012 10:19 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
christianity at 26-10-2012 10:26 PM (12 years ago) (m)
mr poster u must be m*d,does the name or the face of this animal look to you like igbo?pls u ppl should grow up and stop mentioning igbos even when they are not to be mentiond.this man is a benin man and if im not mistaken,benin is not among the igbo speaking states in naija.
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Posted: at 26-10-2012 10:26 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
God wil surely punish al of u dat alwaz make nonsense of D'gr8 Igbo race,m a core Igbo man nd i cannot trace in Igbo land whr dis name '' Osezua Osolase'' cld come 4rm,so i can authoritatively say dat Osezua Osolase is not an Igbo man,so u re al fools,al u dat cld not identify ppl by thr names,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IDIOTS!
Posted: at 26-10-2012 10:38 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie
BournIdentity at 26-10-2012 10:47 PM (12 years ago) (m)
Wireless You are a FOOLISH IDIOTIC IMBECILE. The name wey no even resemble Igbo. Them no even write am say Igbo. Na CHICKEN BRAIN wey u get wey make you dey post all this nonsense bcos say dem born you for latrine pit abi? Son of a low class bitch wey im mission here na 2 dey disrespect my d Igbos. make your fowl rubbish head scater 4 naijapals.
Mumu Poster
Posted: at 26-10-2012 10:47 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
mallorca at 26-10-2012 10:59 PM (12 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Onugbu on 26-10-2012 10:38 PM
God wil surely punish al of u dat alwaz make nonsense of D'gr8 Igbo race,m a core Igbo man nd i cannot trace in Igbo land whr dis name '' Osezua Osolase'' cld come 4rm,so i can authoritatively say dat Osezua Osolase is not an Igbo man,so u re al fools,al u dat cld not identify ppl by thr names,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IDIOTS! [/quoteNo mind d anumpam wey write dis trash
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Posted: at 26-10-2012 10:59 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
poster ARA N´EWEGHI NWANNE GBA GI THERE;EWU;ATURU;MKPI;NKITA;ANUOFIA;EFULEFU;DABA KWA N´OLULU;fool u stated IGBO ;then started with NIGERIAN:U ARE A VERY BIG ATURU:ONYE IBERIRBE:IGBO WILL FIA GI ONU:BORN TROWAY
Posted: at 26-10-2012 10:59 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Kenwisdom at 26-10-2012 11:10 PM (12 years ago) (m)
Poster, " Stop advertising your stupidity and cowardly behavior ,just to get attention,does this sound or look like Igbo name to you ? get a life. Okoko
Posted: at 26-10-2012 11:10 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
Activated at 26-10-2012 11:33 PM (12 years ago) (m)
This my first post, but Mr. Poster U must be a fool to basterdize Igbo name like this. Anyway if U remember the jews the more U try to basterdize their name the more they prosper. Be there and be shrouded by ur blindness. If this is what Naijapals is all about then it sucks. From my intuition the administration of this site is controlled by the yorubas then its a shame that all you do is to sit at your post and look for the slightest oppurtunity to basterdize igbo name. Shame on all ya all. You tribalists
Posted: at 26-10-2012 11:33 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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