A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River, on Thursday sentenced one man, Ifeanyi Kelvin Okorogu, to two years in prison for trying to sell a three- day- old baby in December 2017.
Okorogu, who was arrested in December last year, was brought to court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) where a two- count charge was filed against him.
The charge sheet with number FHC/CA/68C/2017 and signed by Unimwen Aigbeze of NAPTIP for the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, accused Okorogu of harbouring one 16- year -old Omah Kanu Eko, in October 2017, who was then pregnant, by “means of abuse of position of vulnerability giving to her benefits to achieve her consent for purpose of exploitation, thereby committing an offense punishable under Section 13(2) of the trafficking in persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.”
It also accused Okorogu of attempting to sell a three- day baby belonging to Eko to one Angela Tokees Nwaelechi on December 1, 2017, thereby committing an offense punishable under Section 29 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.
Delivering the judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo, sentenced Okorogu to two years on the first count and one year on the second with no option of fine.
The judge said both sentences are to run concurrently starting from December 2017.
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