A woman was detained for smuggling young girls into Ghana for prostitution.

In connection with the alleged trafficking of two underage girls to Ghana for prostitution, Bayelsa State Police Command agents have detained a middle-aged businesswoman in Twon-Brass in the Brass Council Area of the State.

The Suspect’s name was given as Madam Florence Emeka.

The alleged trafficked girls, identified as Nengi, 15, and Preye, 14, were reported to have been taken to Ghana early this year for prostitution.

While Nengi was said to have escaped from Ghana to Lagos with the help of some concerned Ghanaians who gave her transport fare back to Lagos, Preye is stranded in Ghana with less hope of returning to Nigeria.

The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), Bayelsa State, Mr Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the arrest said the suspect will be transferred to Yenagoa for further investigation and possible prosecution.

Reacting to the incident, former chairman of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Tarinyo Akono called on the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person( NAPTIP) to join forces with the police to rescue Preye from her traffickers in Ghana.

He told parents to investigate the kind of people they send their children to live with notwithstanding if they were relatives or not.