A 19-year-old girl (names withheld) Thursday narrated before a Federal High Court in Lagos how she was lured into prostitution in Burkina Faso.She was working as a sales girl in Victoria Island before two middle-aged men told her they could help her find a better job abroad.The men, Christian Awanebi and Ariwayo Olowede, who pleaded not guilty, allegedly took her to Burkina Faso sometime in 2011.
Led in evidence by Mrs Anthonia Mgbemeje of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the girl said the men promised to help her get a job in a super store as a sales girl.
When she got to Burkina Faso, she was allegedly made to have sex with men so she could repay N200, 000, the men claimed to have spent on her travel expenses.
According to her, she had sex with over 10 men daily, charging an equivalent of N5,000 per person.
She said the men allegedly made her take a blood covenant, swearing not to tell anyone about her ordeal.
Mgbemeje said the accused persons committed the alleged offence sometime in November 2012 at Ilasan estate, Lekki, Lagos.
She said that the offence contravened section 15 (a) of NAPTIP Act 2003.
The accused persons were arraigned March 27, last year.
Their lawyer, Mr Mac Johnson asked the court to adjourn the case for cross-examination of the girl.
Justice Saliu Saidu adjourned till April 10 for continuation of trial.
Source: Nigerian Camera
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