A Federal High Court in Enugu has sentenced four women to six months imprisonment each for engaging minors to beg for alms for them.
Justice R.O Oghoghorie, sentenced Chinasa Ugwu, 28; Mary Effiong, 19; Grace Bright, 25 and Happiness Asuquo, 20.
They had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), charged Ugwu, Effiong, Bright and Asuquo with trafficking and child abuse.
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Justice Oghoghories, during the judgment on Wednesday, however, gave the women an option to pay a fine of N10, 000 each.
NAPTIP accused the women of employing the services of three minors to beg for alms begging and hired out and also hired out the babies for the same purpose.
The agency said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 23(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act 2015.
The prosecution counsel, Nnamdi Ezemagu, applied for the review of the facts of the case.
