A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced Benedicta Usen, also known as Mrs Carol Omomoh, to five years in jail without the option of a fine for trafficking a woman for prostitution.
While delivering the decision, Justice Inyang Ekwo stated that the prosecution has proven its case beyond reasonable doubt for each and every accusation in the eight-count change.
As a result, Justice Ekwo sentenced Omomoh to two years and six months in jail for offenses one, three, five, and seven, without the option of a fine.
The judge additionally sentenced her to five years in jail on charges two, four, six, and eight, without the possibility of a fine.
He ordered that all the jail terms must run concurrently with effect from February 3.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police had in a eight-count amended charge alleged that the defendant Omomoh conspired to commit the offence by recruiting and transporting Miss Cynthia Loveth Ese Omoieke to Italy through the UK by means of deception.
The offence, the prosecutor said, is punishable under Section 27 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration, TPPEA, Act, 2015.
