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Nigerian women hands over N14 million for using juju magic
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– A Nigerian woman has been ordered to hand over N6 million she made from sex trafficking. – Lizzy Idahose was jailed in 2014 in the UK for human trafficking and various other offences. – She used the threat of juju magic to coerce women into becoming sex workers. A woman jailed for trafficking Nigerian women into the UK to work in the sex industry has been ordered to pay back more than £21,000 (nearly N6 million). Lizzy Idahosa, 26, was sentenced to eight years in jail in 2014 after being found guilty of human trafficking. A confiscation order to seize the funds has been granted at a court in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, under the proceeds of crime act.
The money must be paid back within 28 days or she faces a further nine month prison sentence. During the original trial, the jury heard the trafficked women worked in brothels to repay Idahosa £50,000 (just over N14 million) for travel from Nigeria and false documents. Both victims, who could not be named for legal reasons, said that before travelling to London on the promise of a better life, they had been subjected to juju rituals to make them afraid of disobeying her.
Idahosa was also found her guilty of inciting prostitution and money laundering. Following the confiscation order, Gemma Williams, from Immigration Enforcement’s Financial Investigation Unit, said: “Idahosa was prepared to take advantage of her victims’ vulnerability and desperation for her own financial gain, but her greed has not paid off. “In addition to her hefty prison sentence, she has now been ordered to pay back money she took from her victims.”
Nigerians are often trafficked to the UK under false pretences and are then forced into prostitution or slavery to benefit their abusers. Two weeks ago, a Nigerian mental health nurse working in the UK was convicted of using juju magic to coerce a women into sex work.
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