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| The men |
– Those convicted are Wasilu Umar, 22, Shafi’u Ali, 29, Kamaludden Ya’u,
22, Dalhatu Gambo, 34, and Nuhu Ahmad, 25
– Kamaludden was sentenced to two years in prison for inducing a 16-year-
old girl from Kano to a brothel in Abuja without the consent of her parents
– The acting director NAPTIP in Kano, Alhaji Abdulrazak Dangiri,
commended the judge for a good job and for not delaying the process
A federal high court in Kano state today, June 16 sentenced five persons to
prison for committing various offences of human trafficking.
File photo of some robbery suspects
Presided over by Justice Saleh Idrissa, the court sentenced them to different
jail terms.
The convicts are Wasilu Umar, 22, Shafi’u Ali, 29, Kamaludden Ya’u, 22,
Dalhatu Gambo, 34, and Nuhu Ahmad, 25.
According to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
(NAPTIP), Wasilu Umar who was sentenced to two years in prison on each of
two counts against him, was found guilty of inducing a 16-year-old girl to go
to a brothel in Sumaila local government of Kano state without the consent
of her parents and forced her into illicit intercourse with himself and other
men.
He was also convicted of moving the same girl from Kano to a brothel in
Abuja without the consent of her parents knowing that she would be forced
into illicit intercourse or prostitution with himself and other men.
He was punished for contravening section 15(a) of the act on trafficking in
persons (prohibition) enforcement and administration act, 2015.
Shafi’u Ali was sentenced to two years in prison after he was found guilty of
procuring an under-aged girl for prostitution and converting his rented room
into a brothel where he had sex with her.
He was said to have also ‘procured’ other men to have sex with her and at
the same time collected the proceeds of the illegitimate act from her.
This offence runs contrary to and is punishable under section 16(1) of the
trafficking in persons (prohibition) enforcement and administration act, 2015.
Kamaludden was sentenced to two years in prison for inducing a 16-year-
old-girl from Kano to a brothel in Abuja without the consent of her parents
where he and other men had illicit intercourse with her.
He is said to have committed the offence contrary to and punishable under
section 15(a) of the trafficking in persons (prohibition) enforcement and
administration act, 2015.
Dalhatu Gambo and Nuhu Ahmad were found guilty on three counts and
sentenced to three years each.
Part of the three charges include connivance to move a 15-year-old girl from
Kano to Abuja where she performed as a dancer and prostitute.
They then collected the proceeds.
The offence is contrary to section 17(1)(b) of the trafficking in persons
(prohibition) enforcement and administration act, 2015.
Reacting to the convictions, the acting director NAPTIP in Kano, Alhaji
Abdulrazak Dangiri, commended the judge for a good job.
He expressed delight at the speed with which the cases were dealt with
adding that these convictions brings to seven the convicted traffickers from
Kano in recent times.
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