The Digest:
The Ghanaian court has sentenced 29-year-old Nigerian Chukwudi Nwachukwu to 10 years in prison for trafficking ten girls, including his own younger sister, from Nigeria to Ghana for sexual exploitation. The victims, aged 15 to 18, were lured with promises of restaurant jobs but were forced into prostitution upon arrival.
Key Points:
- Chukwudi Nwachukwu was convicted on two counts of human trafficking.
- He trafficked ten girls, including his biological sister, from Nigeria to Ghana.
- Victims were forced to take oaths at a shrine and pay GH₵300 daily from sex work.
- The Achimota Circuit Court sentenced him to 10 years' imprisonment on each count.
- The court also ordered him to pay GH₵15,000 in compensation to each victim.
- The scheme was uncovered after intervention by Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation.
- Nwachukwu kept detailed records of the victims' earnings in an exercise book.
Sources: The Guardian
