Woman jailed for offering to buy boy, 14, for GHS100

Afua Adoko, a fishmonger who was involved in selling a 14-year-old boy for GHS100, has been sentenced to five years in prison by an Accra Circuit Court.

This was after the court, presided over by Mrs. Abena Oppong Adjin Doku, found her guilty at the end of her trial.

Afua was facing charges of conspiracy to commit crime and preparation to commit crime; to wit, human trafficking.

The court on 17 January, last year, sentenced her accomplices, namely: Ama Adomah, a 30-year-old nursing mother; and Kweku Acquah, to five years in prison, each.

The facts as narrated by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Clemence K Abadamlora are that the complainant is a trader residing at Adabraka, Accra.

DSP Abadamlora said Afua is also a fishmonger married to Acquah, a fisherman.

On 20 November 2016, Afua and Acquah approached Adomah to acquire the victim to assist them in their fishing activities at Yeji, a community in the Brong Ahafo Region.

Adomah is said to have agreed to offer her son to the two for a fee of GHS100.

Adomah, Afua and Acquah agreed to travel to Accra with the victim and later to Yeji.

The prosecution said three days later, at the Adabraka Market, Adomah handed the victim to Afua and Acquah.

The victim began crying and resisted being taken to Yeji.

This attracted the attention of the complainant and she reported the matter to the police at Adabraka, who arrested Afua together with the victim.

The prosecution said the matter was later referred to the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit where Acquah and Adomah were arrested.

Source : GNA