5 years in prison for a Nigerian sex trafficker in Kumasi

 

A Nigerian sex trafficker known for forcing young girls into prostitution in Konongo, Ashanti area, was found guilty by a Circuit Court in Asokwa, Kumasi, and sentenced to five years in prison with hard labor.

Rose Ikem, 40, who was found guilty of assault and human trafficking, will also pay GH˼24,000 to each of her four victims—whom she had enticed from Nigeria—in addition to GHż6,000.00.

Her most recent victims ranged in age from 17 to 24.

The defendant, according to the police prosecution, was smuggling young girls into Konongo from Nigeria and forcing them into prostitution, some of which resulted in abuse.

A Konongo resident filed a complaint with the police on April 23, 2024, regarding the treatment the victims were receiving.

Police proceeded to the Konongo SSNIT area residence of Ikem but met her absence. According to ASP Stephen Ofori who led the police prosecution, the police detected that the victims were locked up in a room, and the whereabout of Ikem was unknown. Police then laid an ambush until she resurfaced and was subsequently arrested. When she was forced to open the room, police rescued two victims (name withheld) with the two others who ran away being rescued the following day, with the help of the complainant.

The court, presided over by His Honour Fred Obikyere, was told how Ikem tasked her victims, who had worked between three months and two weeks, to make a daily remittance of GHȼ500 to her. This amounted to a total of GHȼ89,000.

According to ASP Ofori, any time the victims failed to meet their target, Ikem assaulted them physically  causing one of the victims to fracture her left hand.

The court sentenced her to 5 years with hard labour for trafficking and 12 months for causing harm. Both sentences will run concurrently.

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