Counsel to the former Group General Manager of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, Mr Mark W. Bennett has said a United States of America Court has dismissed a case of alleged sex and human trafficking against his client, Mr Dafe Sejebor.
The legal practitioner disclosed this in a statement dated 31 July, 2020.
Bennette said,”Mr. Dafe Sejebor was arrested on March 27, 2019, and erroneously charged with misdemeanor prostitution.
”Reports that Mr. Sejebor was arrested for or accused of sex trafficking are entirely false.”
Mark W. Bennett, further affirmed that ” the charge against Mr Sejebor was dismissed on February 19, 2020, and the official records have been expunged by Court order of May 20, 2020 (Expunction Order 2920-15803).
According to Bennette,”There will be no legal consequences from this arrest. He may lawfully deny, even under oath, that the arrest ever occurred.”
An Urhobo youth leader, Mr Edewor Umukoro in a reaction has congratulated Dafe Sejebor on his victory.
He said the dismissal of the case has vindicated the former Group General Manager of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), NNPC.
Mukoro, noted that the development is good for the image of Urhobo nation in Delta State and Nigeria as a country.
He said, Dafe Sejebor is a well respected and illustrious son of Urhobo nation and patriotic Nigerian, that served the country diligently and meritoriously for 35 years before he retired from NAPIMS, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in October 2017.
Mukoro, condemned the attempt to tarnish the image of an innocent Nigerian, Dafe Sejebor, with false accusation of sex and human trafficking.
He called on the Federal Government and Nigerians to disregard the incident, adding that with the dismissal of the charge, Dafe Sejebor has made Nigeria proud before the international community.
It would be recalled that Sejebor was arrested with others in the US over his alleged involvement in human trafficking.
But the allegation and charge of sex trafficking against Dafe Sejebor was dismissed on February 19, 2020.