Crime
Two minor girls landed their madam in prison for doing Ashawo work in Ghana.
Two minor girls landed their madam in prison for doing Ashawo work in Ghana.
Agents from the Bayelsa State Police Command have detained a middle-aged businesswoman in Twon-Brass, in the Brass Council Area of the State, in connection with the suspected trafficking of two minor girls to Ghana for prostitution.
The suspect was identified as Madam Florence Emeka.
The suspected trafficked girls, named as Nengi, 15, and Preye, 14, were reported to have been brought to Ghana for prostitution earlier this year.
News Report learned that while Nengi was said to have escaped from Ghana to Lagos with the help of some concerned Ghanaians who gave her transport fare back to Lagos, Preye is stranded in Ghana with less hope of returning to Nigeria.
The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), Bayelsa State, Mr Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the arrest said the suspect will be transferred to Yenagoa for further investigation and possible prosecution.
Reacting to the incident, former chairman of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Tarinyo Akono called on the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person( NAPTIP) to join forces with the police to rescue Preye from her traffickers in Ghana.
He told parents to investigate the kind of people they send their children to live with notwithstanding if they were relatives or not.
