UK Based Human Trafficker Was Gunning For House Of Assembly Seat Uner APC In 2019


The United Kingdom-based Nigerian nurse, Josephine Iyamu, who was convicted last  week in Britain for sex trafficking was an active player in Edo State politics ahead of the 2019 elections, according to reports yesterday.

Iyamu was an aspirant for election into the State House of Assembly from Egor local government area.

She lost in the primaries conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

A British court found Iyamu guilty of trafficking five women to Germany for prostitution.

She will be sentenced on Wednesday.

Ironically, Iyamu, who used the name Sandra Josephine Imaghodor on her campaign posters, had said her political mission was to empower women and families, online publication, The Cable, reported yesterday.

During Iyamu’s trial, members of the jury were told that the 51-year-old nurse coerced all her Nigerian women  to swear to secrecy during “juju” rituals and to also pay for her service.

The rituals involved eating chicken hearts, drinking blood containing worms, and rubbing powder into cuts.

She was arrested in a joint operation between her agency and UK’s National Crimes Agency (NCA).

The joint watchdog exercise was christened “Operation REDROOT”, itself a part of joint counter trafficking project named Joint Border Task Force (JBTF).

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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