FOREIGN NATIONALS APPEAR IN COURT FOR RAPE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND POSSESSION OF DRUGS
A Nigerian national Adeyefa Adedamola Adetoye(38), has appeared in the Kimberley District Court where he is facing charges of human trafficking, assault, rape and compelled rape, possession of illegal drugs as well as being an illegal immigrant. The accused does not have legal papers to be in South Africa as his permit expired in 2018. He was arrested after an intelligence-driven multi-disciplinary operation led by the DPCI, Organised Crime, Intelligence, and other specialised units within the South African Police Service after the law enforcement agencies received information regarding the accused transgressions.
During his arrest at one of the chains Motels in Kimberley, two victims were found in his room. The 17-year-old teenage girl, and a 29-year-old woman, informed the police that they had been trafficked from the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng to the city of Kimberley in the Northern Cape. They had been locked in the hotel room and prostituted as sex workers by the accused, police also found illegal drugs in the room belonging to the accused during their search.
In his first appearance in court, the accused informed the court that he would be appointing his legal representative. The court remanded the matter for Attorney and bail information, as the accused information needed to be verified before he could apply for bail. The case was postponed until 26 October 2023, for bail information. The accused will be remanded in custody until his next court appearance, while an investigation led by police is continuing in this matter.
