A mother of three who used her own half-sister as
her slave after promising to train her in school has
been sentenced to two in prison.
her slave after promising to train her in school has
been sentenced to two in prison.
A middle-aged woman, Glory Abang, has been
sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly
keeping her 12-year-old half-sister as her slave
while exploiting and exposing her » to psychological
for many years.
The sentence was handed down to the Akwa Ibom
State-born Abang by a Federal High Court sitting in
Minna, the capital of Niger State, on Tuesday,
September 27, 2016, after she was arraigned by the
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons (NAPTIP).
The NAPTIP prosecutor had earlier told the
President of the court, Hon. Justice Y. Bogoro , that
Abang had engaged the girl child in activities that
were exploitative, injurious or hazardous to her
physical, social and psychological development.
Abang, a resident of Chief Palace, Goram, was
arrested by the NAPTIP officials in July 2015,
following a tip-off by her neighbours on the ill
treatment she was meting out to her sister.
Upon investigation, it was discovered that Abang
had taken the girl from her hometown with the
promise of sending her to school but instead of
doing as she had promised her parents, she turned
her into her slave.
She was discovered not to have enrolled the girl in
any school but rather engaged her in activities that
were exploitative, including sleeping in a Poultry
facility at her residence which is exploitative and
hazardous to the child’s psychological
development.'
When Abang was arraigned in court on a one-count
charge, she pleaded guilty but pleaded for leniency.
Delivering his judgment, Bogoro convicted the
accused and sentenced her to two years
imprisonment under section 23(1) (b) of the
Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and
Administration Act, 2015 which says:
"Any person who employs, requires, recruits,
transports, harbours, receives or hires out a child to
do any work that is exploitative, injurious or
hazardous to the physical, social and psychological
development of the child, commits an offence and
is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a
minimum term of 2 years but not exceeding 7 years
without an option of fine."
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