By: Ime Rechie | Edited by: Henry Owen | Stone Reporter News
Accra, Ghana — October 31, 2025
A Ghanaian High Court has sentenced a 29-year-old Nigerian, identified as Chukwudi Nwachukwu, to 10 years’ imprisonment for trafficking his younger sister and nine other Nigerian girls to Ghana under the guise of securing them decent jobs abroad.
According to court proceedings, Nwachukwu lured the victims from various parts of Nigeria with false promises of employment and better living conditions. Upon arrival in Ghana, however, the girls were allegedly coerced into exploitation and sexual servitude in a concealed location in Accra’s business district.
Ghanaian prosecutors revealed that the convict had been under surveillance for several weeks following intelligence reports from local NGOs and cross-border law enforcement agencies working to dismantle human trafficking networks between Nigeria and Ghana.
Justice Esi Anang, who presided over the case, described the act as “a grave violation of human dignity” and a disturbing reflection of the growing trend of human trafficking in West Africa. She emphasized that the sentence should serve as a deterrent to others engaging in similar cross-border crimes.
“It is even more tragic that the convict betrayed his own sister in this criminal venture,” Justice Anang stated during the ruling. “The court must send a clear message that Ghana will not tolerate human trafficking in any form.”
Officials from the Ghana Immigration Service confirmed that the rescued victims are now in the care of social welfare agencies and are undergoing rehabilitation before being repatriated to Nigeria.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Nigeria is expected to collaborate with Ghanaian authorities to trace and dismantle the wider trafficking network connected to the case.
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