Ugandians appear in Secunda court for human trafficking
The four suspects are also accused of kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, illegal abortion and being in the country illegally.
Four Ugandan nationals appeared in the Secunda Regional Court on February 5 on charges of human trafficking, kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, illegal abortion and being in the country illegally.
Lydia Mojemba (37), Wilson Seyikabi (49), Jingo Wassua (38) and Njombozi Katiti (46) were arrested in Ogies in July 2018 after allegedly abducting Mojemba’s niece on July 13, 2018.
Mojemba’s 23-year-old niece, also a Ugandan national, was lured to SA to work for her aunt, who allegedly handed out pamphlets advertising abortion and traditional healer services.
When the niece was eight months pregnant, she was kidnapped from her home in Secunda and taken to Ogies, where, allegedly, she was locked in a room.
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She then had to endure abortion attempts before her baby boy was stillborn.
According to the police who found the baby’s body, he was wrapped in plastic and dumped next to the train tracks near a bridge in Ogies.
After a few days, the niece escaped from the room and fled to Secunda, where she told her boyfriend what had happened. He then informed the police.
The case dragged out because the court battled to find an interpreter.
The case was postponed to February 23.
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