A 24-year-old Mercy Sese has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment with the option of N4.5 million fine by a Federal High Court in Makurdi, Benue State, for trafficking young girls to Mali for prostitution.

The presiding judge, Justice Abdu Dogo sentenced the accused on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 after she pleaded guilty to a seven count charge preferred against her for the offence of organizing foreign trips for young girls to Mali for sexual exploitation.

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The offence contrary is to sections 18, 27 and 29 of the trafficking in persons (Prohibition) enforcement and administration act 2015.

Recall that in January 2022, the Makurdi Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) arrested Sese at a popular motor park in Makurdi.

The Makurdi Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr. Gloria Bai, said huge sum of money including foreign currencies were recovered from Sese.

“The Command in the early hours of Friday, January 7, 2022, received a call from a concerned citizen from Duku Motor Part at Wurukum Makurdi, who alerted the command of a suspected case of human trafficking involving seven ladies of which one is the suspected trafficker.

“Officers of the command arrived at Duku Motor Park some few minutes after receiving the call and met the six ladies and the suspected trafficker who said they were all travelling to Lagos.

“The victims were between the ages 16 – 24 years by facial analysis. At the time of the arrival, the Nigerian police were also on the ground because they were also called on the matter.

“About N500,000 was found on the suspect alongside some foreign currencies indicating that the victims were to be moved to a destination outside the country yet to be determined,” she had said.

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