The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons said it arrested a woman, Blessing Iniedem, for allegedly tricking a 15-year-old-girl into prostitution at a brothel in the Mile three axis of Port Harcourt.
The Commander of NAPTIP in Rivers State, Amaka Ikediashi, disclosed this to newsmen in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Ikediashi said Miss Aniedi who reportedly runs the brothel was said to have brought the teenage girl from Akwa Ibom State under the guise of taking her on holiday.
She said, “The victim in question is 16 years. She was brought from Oron, Akwa Ibom State to Rivers State for forced prostitution by a certain lady Miss Blessing Iniedem, a.k.a Patience at a brothel.
“The suspect, Blessing Iniedem told her that she was taken for holiday and on getting to Rivers State, she was forced into prostitution.
“When we were notified, alongside our major stakeholders, we had to carry out the arrest and pick up the suspect, Miss Iniedem, her (the teenager’s) exploiter and trafficker.”
Asked what the agency will do with the suspect, Ikediashi said, “Definitely, NAPTIP is going to prosecute her because it is a case of forced sexual exploitation,”
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