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Posted by George on Mon 13th Mar, 2017 - tori.ng

A Nigerian man of South-east descent will be spending the next two decades behind bars following a court ruling in South Africa.

Eke Ogochukwu being arraigned in court

The High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa has sentenced a man convicted of s*xually exploiting a 15-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution to an effective 20 years in prison.

Two weeks ago, Eke Ogochukwu was found guilty of four charges relating to human trafficking. The teenager escaped in August 2015 and received help from a nearby church in Rosettenville. Judge Majake Mabesele says what the accused did was cruel.

“Clearly what happened to her was cruel, inhuman and degrading and was a violation of the right to human dignity, which is enshrined in our Constitution.”

Ogochukwu, known to the girl only as Johnny, s*xually abused her.

The court heard that he would drug her, force her to perform s*xual acts with other men and take the money she made through prostitution.

The young girl was given R50 a day for food and a further R100 for every man she was forced to sleep with.

The judge says Ogochukwu took advantage of the teenager as she was homeless after running away from her Vereeniging home in 2015 following a fight with her mother.