Nigerian arrested for human trafficking in Ghana

A Nigerian lady, Goodness Ifeoma Amobi, and her Ghanaian friend, Sampson Aglah, have been arrested by Ghana security agents in an attempt to traffick three girls to Nigeria at the weekend at Dabala Junction near Sogakope. The two allegedly lured the unsuspecting victims from Ashanti-Mampong near Kumasi, where they lived under the pretext of engaging them in the Nigerian woman’s splash restaurant in Accra with a monthly wage of GH¢1,000 ($208) per person, reports GNA.

The victims, who are all hairdressing apprentices, are Elizabeth Mawusi Awuku and Esther Foku, cousins, aged 17 and 16 respectively, living with their grandmother and Barikisu Abdulai, 15, also living with her grandmother. Reliable Police source at Sogakope told the GNA that Aglah, who lives in Ashanti-Mampong introduced Amobi as her friend and told the victims she was recruiting extra hands for her Accra restaurant at a good pay and the victims offered to go.

The two, who have since appeared before a Sogakope Circuit Court, have been remanded into police custody by the Court to reappear on a later date.