3 life terms for Nigerian man on human trafficking and sexual abuse of a 12 years old
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A 12 years old victim of numerous abuse including human trafficking and sexual assault has been referred to counseling by National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Sexual Offences and Community Affairs Unit in Gauteng.
The 12 years old minor was at a park on September 3rd 2016 in Derdepoort for a picnic with friends when she met a woman who asked her to accompany her to her flat in Sunnyside in Tshwane.
The woman then promised the minor taxi fare so she can go back home the following morning in Mamelodi.
NPA Spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said that is when the minor was introduced to a 44 years old Nigerian man, Augustine Omini Obono who forced her into prostitution.
“Obono kept the minor in the flat for three months. During this period, he fed her drugs and forced her to have sex with five to six men a day. In December 2016, the minor eventually managed to escape and went to her uncle’s place in Mamelodi.”
Mahanjana added that upon arrival at her uncle’splace she informed her of what had happened and her uncle then went to the police who were shown the said flat where the minor was kept Obono was found and arrested on the spot he had been in police custody since his arrest.
Appearing at the Gauteng High Court sitting in Benoni on Thursday, the 44 years old was handed three life terms in prison on charges of human trafficking, rape, statutory rape and sexual exploitation.
