By Fatimah Yusuf
A Bayelsa State High Court has sentenced a 29-year-old woman, Mariam Omokiri, from neighbouring Delta State, to seven years in prison for human trafficking.
The court also ordered her to pay a fine of ₦1 million for trafficking, exporting, and promoting the prostitution of young girls.
Delivering judgment on Wednesday, the Bayelsa High Court 3 found Omokiri guilty of organizing and trafficking four girls from Bayelsa to Mali and Senegal for prostitution.
The case was prosecuted by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Offences (NAPTIP), which had arraigned the convict in January 2025.
