The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic In Persons (NAPTIP) has arraigned a hotelier, Chief Ibidun Joshua, at the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly forcing a 14-year-old girl and others into pr*stitution.
He and four others – Osasuwa Ruth, Mabel
Tasowia, Segun Ajose and Taiye Adesanya – were alleged to have
committed the crime at his Daka Hotel at Seme border, Badagry.
NAPTIP said they lured two teenagers, aged 14 and 17, from Benin City, Edo State, into pr*stitution.
The alleged offence, NAPTIP said, is
contrary to Section 15(a) of the Trafficking In Person (Prohibition) Law
Enforcement and Admnistration Act, 2003.
The agency said Ruth lured the
14-year-old on January 10, 2010 to Badagry for the purpose of forcing
her into pr*stitution, while Tasowia was alleged to have deceived the
17-year-old on February 7, 2010.
Joshua was accused of running a hotel
where teenagers were forced into pr*stitution and for benefiting from
the proceeds of such illicit business, Ajose, the hotels manager, was
charged with encouraging underaged persons into pr*stitution.
Adesanya was accused of organising the illicit business and remitting the proceeds to the hotel owner through its manager.
Yesterday, a NAPTIP investigator, Mrs.
Agboko Comfort, said Ajose and Adesanya were arrested on March, 5, 2010,
adding that Joshua was arrested when he appeared at the agency’s office
upon being summoned.
The case has been adjourned till October 13 for trial.
Source-- The Nation
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