Two defendants, Onwe Nwakaego (f) and Onwe Ifeanyi (m), were arraigned on January 17th 2018 by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for engaging a 7 years old child as a domestic worker, an act contrary to Section 23 (1)(a) of the Trafficking In Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.
After listening to the defendants and the prosecution, and
viewing the necessary documents presented by the prosecution as exhibit
in the case F.R.N Vs Onwe Nwakaego& Anor, the presiding Judge,
Justice Abdullahi Mohammed Liman, found the first defendant guilty as
charged and she was sentenced accordingly.
However, the second defendant, Onwe Ifeanyi pleaded not guilty and was subsequently admitted to court bail.
The Director-General of NAPTIP, Dame Julie Okah-Donli
expressed her happiness over the conviction and used the opportunity to
reiterate the Agency’s resolve to stamp out child trafficking and its
accompanying forms of exploitative labour from Nigeria.
She warned the general public against employing children
below the age of twelve as domestic workers, or engaging in any form of
child labour or abuse, as she said the arm of the law will catch up with
anyone who does such.
The NAPTIP boss further called on members of the public to report any suspected case of child trafficking and abuse to NAPTIP.
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