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Borno Court jails woman for procuring 16-year girl for sex business

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Fatima Sanda

A 38-year woman who is notorious for procuring girls for sex business, Fatima Sanda has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for procuring a 16-year girl for sexual exploitation.

Our correspondent gathered in Maiduguri on Wednesday that Fatima Sanda was arrested by operatives of the National
Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Monday and began prosecution immediately.

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By Wednesday, the agency on its official Facebook page, said the female suspect has been convicted to two years with a compensation of N500,000 to the victim.

The statement read, “A High Court of Justice, Court 10, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State, presided over by Hon. Justice Aisha M. Ndume, has convicted Fatima Sanda (37, female) for procuring a 16-year-old female victim and subjecting her to sexual exploitation by other persons, contrary to Section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, as amended.

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“She was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay N500,000 in compensation to the victim.”

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