A federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced two women Osunabi Fatimoh and Olayinka Eniola, to two years imprisonment for human trafficking.
Justice Hadizat Rabiu-Shagari, handed down the verdict after finding them guilty of two out of three counts charge of conspiracy and trafficking in person, preferred against them by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters.
The judge held that the prosecution was able to prove the charges against the convicts beyond every reasonable doubt.
Justice Rabiu-Shagari further held that the two convicted women were unable to controvert all prosecution’s evidence. She added that they also admitted committing the offences in their confessional statements.
She said that the period of their jail-term starts from Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
The convicts journey to prison, began sometimes in 2016, when they were brought before the court on three counts charge.
During the convicts’ trial, NAPTIP’s lawyer, Mrs. Becky Jibo, called two witnesses, the victim of the crime, Yilu motunrayo, who was trafficked to Libya, for prostitution, and the Investigation Officer, who both testified against the convicts.
The prosecutor equally tendered the convicts’ confessional statements, as well as the statement of the victim.
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