5 Nigerians To Be Extradited
The five Nigerians who allegedly transported three female compatriots to Ghana to engage in prostitution, are to be extradited to Nigeria to face trail. The action according to the Police, is in line with the anti-human trafficking co-operation between Ghana and Nigeria.
Briefing the press here yesterday on the deportation, the Director of CID, Frank Adu Poku, said travelling documents on the five had been completed by the CID and the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana.
They are Joseph Anayo Eze, 29, Stephanie Amadi, 26, Miriam Williams, alias Mimi, 30, Igeoma Inyama, 29, and Kingsley Nat Chiad 33.
Mr Adu-Poku said the three victims would also be transported back to the Anti Human Trafficking Unit of Nigeria since they are all Nigerians.
He recalled a time when the Nigerian authorities also handed over a Ghanaian suspect, Razak, to Ghana for prosecution for engaging in human trafficking of a victim, Kojo.
He said earlier this month, Eze a friend to the families of the three women transported them into the country ostensibly to taken them to Europe to continue their education.
He said Eze and his accomplices collected huge sums of money from the the victims and made them to swear an oath that they would not disclose their “profession” to anyone.
They forcibly made incisions on the thumbs of the women and mixed the blood with some drink for them to take.
The accused also shaved the women's pubic hair and made incisions in their private parts with a blade. Cotton wool was used to blot the blood for ritual purposes.
The victims were then blindfolded and taken to a fetish priest who was supposed to spiritually influence them to give their earnings to the accused and not run away to Nigeria.
However, on April 18, the women narrated their ordeal to their pastor who informed the police and the accused were arrested in two hotels at Adabraka.
The Deputy Head of Mission of the Nigerian High Commissio, Abdul M. Salisu, told the Times at the CID Headquarters that the Nigerian government and the High Commission were worried about the spate of human trafficking activities across the globe, involving Nigerians.