A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta has sentenced a 29-year-old woman, Eniola Adedeji, to 45 years’ imprisonment for trafficking one minor (name withheld) for sexual exploitation in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
Adedeji, who was arraigned on a 10-count charge bordering on various human trafficking offences, was, however, found guilty on nine of the charges and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for each count charge, with the jail terms to run concurrently.
The Commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Ogun State Command, Bose Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement forwarded to our correspondent on Monday.
Jimoh stated, “On the 5th of June, 2026, NAPTIP, Ogun State Command, secured the successful prosecution and conviction of one Eniola Boluwatife Adedeji, female, 29 years old, before the Federal High Court, Abeokuta Judicial Division, in connection with the trafficking of one minor for sexual exploitation in Cotonou, Republic
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