Notorious Nigerian female human trafficker arrested in Ghana

A notorious human trafficker identified as Chioma Sabina Abaraonye has been arrested by Ghana Immigration Service for allegedly trafficking teenage, Nigerian girls in Ghana.

It was gathered that Chioma joined the business five years ago and has built her own syndicate. The suspect is said to have picked up young girls with a promise to employ them in a multi-million non-existent mall and a boutique she owns in the Northern Regional Capital of Tamale in Ghana.

However, upon reaching Ghana, she allegedly coerces them into prostitution and maltreat the girls, forcing them to pay her N6,000 every night after sleeping with men. Once the girls don't meet the target, they are reportedly beaten up.

Reports also claim that Chioma force the victims to pay over N500,000 initially before demanding the daily target of N6,000 from them to be a part of her illegal operation.

Some of the victims claimed that the alleged trafficker had them participate in a blood ritual and threatened to make them run mad if they revealed the secret of the organisation or tried to escape.

Bound helpless, the victims did her bidding and struggled to survive. "If not you won’t know peace. When we came, the madam and her Ghanaian accomplice called Sof took our blood, fingernails, and pubic hair. And told us that now that they have those things from us, if anyone reveals the secret, they will make the person Mad.” a victim said.

Chioma Sabina Abaraonye is alleged to have been in the human trafficking business for five years (Photo: UGC)

However defending herself, Chioma Sabina Abaraonye said the young girls begged her for help and that was all she did.

“They said they wanted help, so I brought them. And because of the transport and accommodation and food so me charging them is it a big deal?”, Chioma asked.

The governor's wife says darkness can never overcome light, adding that light has come to stay and will continue to prevail against human trafficking.

Mrs Obaseki spoke in Benin, Edo state, where she was decorated as the patron of the Nigeria Girls Guide Association.