Two sisters in trouble over forced prostitution
Two Nigerian sisters standing trial for human trafficking and prostitution have been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. Jennifer Chizoba Jeremiah, 22, was remanded in police custody while her sister Angel Chioma Jeremiah, 17, was also sent to a correctional centre. However, they pleaded not guilty to the charges of human trafficking and abetment of crime in the court, presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjiin-Doku. The case was adjourned to April 22, 2018. The prosecutor, Inspector Isaac Abbemeh, told the court that on March 20, 2018 the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Headquarters, received a complaint from a victim that the accused persons, with the assistance of one Kulest in Nigeria, recruited and transported her to Ghana and forced her into prostitution. Following the complaint, a team of personnel from the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, led by the Unit Commander, arrested the sisters for interrogations. Their rooms were searched and the ite