IBRAHIM SULEIMAN GALADIMA, J.
Patrick Nnamdi, the Defendant, was arraigned before this Court on a two-count charge relating to human trafficking, contrary to Section 13(1) and (2)(a), (b), and (c) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.
The two-count charge brought by the Honourable Attorney General of Plateau State read as follows:
Statement of offence:
Count one:
Assisting or facilitating human trafficking contrary to section 13 (c) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2015.
Particulars:
That you, Patrick Nnamdi sometimes in September 2024, in Jos, Plateau State within the jurisdiction of this court, assisted or facilitated one Glory Nwachukwu in deceiving, recruiting, and trafficking (1) one male child – real name unknown and (2) one female child – real name unknown, from Jos, Plateau State to Lagos after paying the sum of N550,000.00 to one Pastor Dayo Bernard who gave out the children, after which yo…