A Ghanaian court has sentenced 29-year-old Nigerian, Chukwudi Nwachukwu, to ten years in prison for trafficking his younger sister and nine other Nigerian girls to Ghana under the guise of offering them restaurant jobs.
According to prosecutors, Nwachukwu lured the victims from rural communities in Nigeria, promising them decent employment. However, upon arrival in Ghana, he confined them at Liberia Camp near Kasoa and forced them to swear oaths at a shrine after cutting their pubic hair. He threatened them with incurable diseases if they disobeyed him.
The victims were later moved to Odorkor, Accra, where they were forced into prostitution, each required to pay Nwachukwu GH₵300 daily. Police discovered a record book where he tracked their earnings.
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The case came to light after Chief Calistus Eloziepuwa of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) in Ghana alerted authorities, leading to the girls’ rescue by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit.
Delivering judgment, Judge Akosua Anokyewaa Adjepong of the Achimota Circuit Court found Nwachukwu guilty on two counts of human trafficking and sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently. He was also ordered to pay GH₵15,000 in compensation to each of the ten victims.
The ruling serves as a stark reminder of how human trafficking can be perpetrated by those closest to victims—and the importance of vigilance in exposing such crimes.
