Court jails woman five years for human trafficking in Borno

A High Court of Justice sitting successful Maiduguri, the Borno State superior has convicted and sentenced a 33-year-old woman, Salamatu Saidu, to 5 years’ imprisonment for offences relating to quality trafficking.

The judge, Justice Bukar M. Umar, recovered Saidu blameworthy of “fraudulent introduction of persons,” an offence involving 2 victims aged 21 and 33 years. The offence contravenes Section 26(2) of the Trafficking successful Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.

Details of the lawsuit were disclosed by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking successful Persons (NAPTIP) successful a connection shared connected its verified Facebook page.

According to the agency, Saidu was arraigned earlier the tribunal connected April 20, 2026, and convicted connected the aforesaid time aft the tribunal established her relation successful facilitating the amerciable question of persons done deceptive means.

NAPTIP explained that nether the law, “fraudulent introduction of persons” involves knowingly organising, facilitating, oregon assisting the unlawful question of individuals into oregon retired of Nigeria done deception, mendacious representation, oregon different amerciable means.<...