Woman senteced to two years jail term for child abuse in Niger state

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One Glory Abang was sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly endangering the life of a child in Niger State.

Mrs Glory made the 12 years old child perform exploitative, injurious activities that were hazardous to her physical, social and psychological development.

The mother of three resides at the Chief Palace, Goram, was taken into custody by officers of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, back in July 2015.

It was reported the Glory took her half-sister from Akwa Ibom State to Niger State, after she promised the girl’s parents that their child will be sent to school but engaged her in activities that were exploitative, including sleeping in a poultry facility at her residence.

The presiding judge of Federal High court sitting in Minna, Hon. Justice .Y. Bogoro convicted Glory and sentenced her to two years imprisonment.

The offence was in accordance with section 23(1) (b) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.

The section reads, “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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