A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State has convicted Margaret Ibritam Emabong for deceitful recruitment of persons and organising foreign travels to promote prostitution.
The convict was arraigned by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters.
Emabong was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi in suit charge No. FHC/L/97C/18 before Honourable Justice P.O. Lifu of the Federal High Court, Lagos.
According to the suit, the convict was charged to court on a three-count charge filed on March 26, 2018.
The trial commenced de novo on November 23, 2021, with the defendant facing charges bothering on deceitful recruitment of persons for prostitution, organising foreign travels promoting prostitution and conspiracy contrary to Section 13(2)(b), 18, & 27(b) of the TIPPEA, Act 2015.
Emabong was convicted on October 4, 2022, and sentenced to two years imprisonment on the count of organising foreign travel, which promotes prostitution and deceitfully recruiting another for prostitution with hard labour.
She was also sentenced to one-year imprisonment on the offence of conspiracy.
The term of imprisonment and hard labour are to run concurrently.
In another notable achievement by NAPTIP, Chinedu Eziuzor was convicted by a Federal High Court, Awka, Anambra State for sexually exploiting his sister.
Eziuzor was arrested and arraigned by NAPTIP.
He was convicted by Hon. Justice Dr. Nnamdi O. Dimgba of the Federal High Court 2, Awka on September 30, 2022.
The convict, who is 21 years old, was convicted on a one-count charge under section 16(1) of the TIPPEA 2015 and was sentenced to seven months prison term, to start running from the date of arrest, for sexually exploiting his sister sometime in 2021.
The convict was further handed down a noncustodial sentence of seven days of not less than three hours daily of intense community service at the Anambra State Command.
A report of his community service is to be forwarded to the court after the community service.
Refusal, failure, or neglect to comply with the noncustodial sentence of community service will lead to the convict being rearrested and he will serve a two years prison term.
