A twenty one year old Nigerian lady jailed for 20 years in Cote D'voire over a crime she did not commit is dead, FG demands full investigation

Itunnu Babalola, who hailed from Oyo State, was accused of human trafficking in Cote D’voire, a crime she never committed.

 

Ìtùnnú was said to have had complications from diabetes and was rushed to a hospital, after which she died a day after.

Ìtùnú was a trader based in Bondoukou, Cote d’Ivoire. Her apartment was burgled by an Ivorian on September 2019.

The suspect, who is related to an Ivorian police officer, made away with goods worth about N300,000.

The suspect, who is related to an Ivorian police officer, made away with goods worth about N300,000.

Ìtùnnú reported the case to a nearby police station, but the DPO, who is an uncle to the suspect allegedly offered her N100,000 to drop the case.

Eager to have justice, Itunnu went ahead to file charges against him and allegedly used a different name (not her real name) to file the case and somehow a case of robbery, which she filed mysteriously turned to a case of human trafficking against her. She was, however, sentenced to 20 years imprisonmen