Woman Arrested After Luring Three Sisters Into Prostitution

The anti-human traffic agency of Edo State, Nigeria has arrested a middle-aged woman who lured three sisters into prostitution.

Vivian Francis, a 28-year-old lady had transported her own three young siblings from her native Cross River State to Benin city, capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria.

She succeeded in convincing them after she promised them she will put them in high paying jobs if they followed her to Edo State.

Ijeoma Uduak, the zonal head of the agency explained that the convict was arrested at a popular hotel in Benin during the coronavirus lockdown.

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She confessed to the crime of recruiting the young girls who were aged 15, 17 and 18, into prostitution under false pretence.

The convict pleaded guilty to the charges when she appeared before a state high court presided by Justice Isoken Erameh.

She was sentenced to a year imprisonment and given an option of N125,000 fine to avoid the jail term a first time offender.

In a statement to the press, the convict showed remorse for her evil actions and thereby advised other would-be traffickers to change their minds.

“I have made a mistake by bringing my sisters to Benin; I did not know that it was going to end up this way. I just felt that they should keep themselves busy in Benin that was why I fixed them up in that line. When they came to Benin, they realised that I was into prostitution and I told them to do the same. I pray that others will not make the kind of mistake I made”

SOURCE: AfricaCelebrities.com