WHY I SOLD MY COUSIN AS SEX SLAVE...COUSIN OPENED-UP

Kelvin Okorie (aka Okito), the maternal cousin of the 15-year-old Ogun schoolgirl, Precious Nwaigwe, who was kidnapped and sold to Libya,as a sex slave, spoke on at the Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja, where he was paraded along with his friend and accomplice, Ogbonna Njoku (aka John). that  he was paid N10,000 for the deal.

It was revealed that Njoku’s brother, Nzube Chukwu, who is based in Libya, was said to have taken custody of Precious before selling her to a pimp, who claimed she bought Precious for $6,000 and forced her to work for the money.

 Okorie, narrated how he tricked Precious thus:

He said, “There was a day I was going to my house in Ojota when a lady called me and said she was my cousin. I said I did not know her, but after she introduced herself to me, I recognised her.

“I asked what she was doing in that area by that time of the night because it was 10pm. She said I should come and see a guy, who she introduced to me as her boyfriend.

“She followed me to my house, together with one of my friends, Daniel. She narrated everything that happened to her and how she was attacked by cultists in Ode Remo.”

Okorie said his friend, Daniel, who was to travel asked him if Precious would be interested in travelling with him.

He said he was happy and discussed it with the victim, who agreed.

“She said she had not finished schooling, but I said she could go there to continue her education and even work at a filling station where she could make money and send to her parents.

“It was after that day that we went to Ogbonna (Njoku)’s place in Alaba. Ogbonna gave us the number of his brother in Libya and I did not know what they planned. It was while we were at Alaba that Daniel gave me N10, 000.”

However, Njoku said his brother, Chukwu, had only spent three years in Libya and that he did not know the business he was into.

Njoku, who sells compact discs in Alaba market, claimed Okorie, Precious and Daniel only visited him and demanded his brother’s phone number, which he gave them.

“Immediately I connected them with my brother, I left them. I was surprised when the police arrested me. I did not know anything about this. It was after my arrest that I learnt what happened,” he added.

Meanwhile, according to another source Okorie said: “The last I saw Precious, she was just a little girl. That night we both went to my house. Daniel was there when she narrated her ordeal. After listening to her, Daniel suggested she should go with him to Libya. I was happy I would have somebody overseas. We all went to Alaba. It was there that Daniel gave me N10,000.” He added that he lied to Precious that he would tell her mother that she had gone to Libya with his friend, Daniel.
The suspects said they had a common friend, Njioku, a trader in Abia State, who had a brother in Libya. According to Okorie, Daniel travelled to Libya, sold Precious to Njioku’s brother and left for Dubai. Okorie said: “When Precious got to Libya, she called me that she had been forced into prostitution. I told her to look for a way to escape. “I was scared of what I had done.”

A mild drama however played out when the police spokesperson, Kenneth Nwosu, put the two suspects together and querried them.

Below is an excerpt of what played out :

Police PRO:     Okorie, the N10, 000 you collected was for what?

Okorie:           I said I did not have money and that was why Daniel gave me the money.

Police PRO:     Was the money meant for the sale of Ugochi (Precious)?

Okorie:           He just gave me the money.

Police PRO:     What was it meant for?

Okorie:           (Stammers)….I collected the money, I did not mean to sell her.

Police PRO:     Did you tell Ugochi’s mother before taking her to Libya?

Okorie:           No, I didn’t tell her.

Police PRO:     Why did you lie to Ugochi that you told her mother you were taking her to Libya?

Okorie:           (Stammers…) Daniel said I should lie to her (Precious).

Police PRO:     The girl’s mother is your cousin, the time Ugochi was missing, you were aware, why didn’t you tell her her daughter’s whereabouts when you saw her?

Okorie:           Sir, I am very sorry.

Police PRO:     Did Okorie tell you that Ugochi was missing and her parents were looking for her?

Njoku:             No, he didn’t tell me they were looking for her.

Police PRO:     Okorie, did you tell him or not that they were looking for her?

Okorie:           I told him

Njoku:             Can we swear about that?

Nwosu said the suspects would soon be taken to court, adding that the police had already arraigned three other suspects earlier arrested in connection with the abduction.

They are Innocent Onyekwe (38), Ugwu Maduabuchi (37) and Christian Chima (19).

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