A 22-year-old woman identified as Blessing Iniedem has been convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment for human trafficking by a Federal High Court sitting in Portharcourt, Rivers State.
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in a statement on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, said Iniedem was convicted for attempting to traffick a 16-year-old girl for prostitution.
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The statement read;
“For the offence of attempting to keep a victim of 16-year-old, knowing that the victim will be induced into prostitution contrary to section 29 of the Trafficking in Person Prohibition Enforcement and Administration Act 2015 and Punishable under section 15(b) of the Act.”
