25-year-old lady bags 7 years jailterm for trafficking 18-year-old girl for prostitution

A High Court of Bayelsa State, Court 3, presided over by Hon. Justice Doris O. Adokeme, has sentenced 25-year-old Gloria Lucky to seven years imprisonment for trafficking a teenager for the purpose of prostitution.

Adokeme was arrested for facilitating the activities of persons engaged in human trafficking, contrary to Section 13(c) and (f); procuring a person under the age of 18 for sexual exploitation, contrary to Section 16(2).

Adokeme was also accused of facilitating foreign travel that promotes prostitution, contrary to Section 18 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.

She was sentenced to a total of seven years’ imprisonment, with the sentences on all four counts to run concurrently. 

She was also fined and ordered to pay N3,000,000 and N500,000 as compensation to each of the two victims.