Two Nigerian women have been arrested for
allegedly transporting six girls from Nigeria to Ghana in order to engage them
in forced prostitution.
The suspects identified as Ify Mba, 33, and
Amanda Eze Chioma, 23, were nabbed by men of the Baatsona Police Division in
Accra.
The head of the police division, Chief Superintendent Felix K Cosmos, while
briefing the media, said his men acting on tip-off, raided a hotel in Accra
where the victims aged between 21 and 26 were being sexually exploited.
According to him, four victims were brought
into the country on March 14, 2017 while the other two were brought to Ghana on
March 22, 2017.
He disclosed that the suspects would be
prosecuted before an Accra Circuit Court. While, the victims would be handed
over to the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit to be transported to Nigeria,
The victims who claimed they were from
Anambra, Enugu, Delta and Abia states, alleged that they were lured by the
suspects with juicy deals.
Two of the victims, who refused to engage in prostitution, were locked up in a
room and denied food by the mistresses.
However, all six of them were rescued and
when they were interrogated, they said they were brought to Ghana by Ify Mba
and Amanda Chioma on transit to Germany and Dubai to be employed as house
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