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| NAPTIP BOSS, Julie |
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano
has sentenced one Yusuf Umar, 57years old to 10 years imprisonment for Human
trafficking offences. He is to also pay a fine of N2, 000,000.00. He is to also spend additional 2 years in prison if after the 10
years jail he is unable to pay the N2, 000,000.00 fine.
Umar who hails from Nasarawa Local
Government Area of Kano State had procured for himself a 14 year old girl from
the same State and sexually exploited her. The offence is contrary to Section16
(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration
Act 2015.
The Section says, ‘’Any person who
procures or recruits any person under the age of 18 years to be subjected to
prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation with himself, any person or
persons, either in Nigeria or anywhere else, commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than 7 years and a fine of
not less than N1, 000,000.00’’.
Operatives of the National Agency for
the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) arrested and charged him to
Court on March 5, 2018 on a count charge. When he was arraigned in Court he pleaded guilty to the offence.
At the commencement of the case,
the Prosecution reviewed the facts and tendered 2Exhibits.
Delivering judgment on the case with
Charge number: FHC/KN/CR/37/2018, presiding Judge, Justice Jude Kanyiot Dagat
found him guilty and sentenced him accordingly.
This conviction has brought the total
number of those convicted for human trafficking by NAPTIP to 341.
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