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THE PEOPLE OF PLATEAU STATE
V.
NWACHUKWU

(2026) JELR 115297 (NICN)

National Industrial Court of Nigeria 6 Jul 2026 Nigeria
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- The Defendant, Prophetess Glory Nwachukwu, was charged with human trafficking under section 13(1) and (2)(a)-(c) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015 (TIPPEA) for procuring and transferring

Case Details

Suit Number:NICN/JOS/CR/O4/2025
Judges:Ibrahim Suleiman Galadima, J.
Counsel:Joel Tahvan For the Prosecution. I.K. Randa with S.Y. Auta For the Defendant.
Location:Jos

IBRAHIM SULEIMAN GALADIMA, J.

SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS

The Defendant, Prophetess Glory Nwachukwu, was arraigned on a one-count charge of trafficking in persons, contrary to section 13(1) and (2)(a), (b), and (c) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, filed before this Court on 23 January 2025.

The charge brought by the Office of the State Attorney-General is set out below:

Statement of offence:

Count one:

Human Trafficking contrary to section 13(1) and (2) (a), (b), and (c) of the Trafficking in Person (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administrative Act 2015:

Particulars of Offence:

That you, Glory Nwachukwu, sometime in September 2024, in Jos, Plateau State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, deceived, recruited, and trafficked (1) a male child – real name unknown, (2) a female child (real name unknown) from Jos, Plateau State to Lagos State after paying the sum of N550,000.00 to one Pastor Dayo Bernard who gave out the children, upon w…

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