A Bayelsa State High Court, presided over by Justice Doris O. Adokeme, has sentenced 25-year-old Gloria Lucky to seven years in prison for trafficking a teenager for prostitution.

Lucky was convicted on four counts, including facilitating human trafficking, procuring a person under 18 for sexual exploitation and facilitating foreign travel linked to prostitution. The offences were brought under the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.

The court ordered the sentences on all four counts to run concurrently. She was also fined ₦3 million and ordered to pay ₦500,000 in compensation to each of the two victims.

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