Nigeria – Benin Zonal NAPTIP Secures Conviction of Couple for Human Trafficking

By Utebor Paul, Nigeria

Mr. Ganiu Aganran, the Coordinator of the Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has disclosed that the agency has secured the conviction of a couple (Adesuwa Otabor and Otabor Idahosa) in Benin for human trafficking.

He made this known on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen in Benin, Edo State.

According to him, the couple was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to commit human trafficking, after the High Court, Criminal Division 2, Benin City, found them guilty of exporting a victim to Dubai for prostitution.

He noted that the offence contravened Section 27 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.

He said that the conviction is part of NAPTIP’s director-general’s agenda of arresting, prosecuting, and convicting high-profile human traffickers.