Nigeria: Couple Faces Jail in U.S.

14 December 2009

A Nigerian couple based in Arlington, Texas in the United States of America (USA), is now facing the possibility of spending about 55 years in jail if convicted of an alleged slavery against a widow they brought to the US from Nigeria as a nanny.

The couple identified as Emmanuel Nnaji and Ngozi Nnaji is now standing trial before a Texas district court for allegedly holding their nanny, whose name was protected, against her will and without paying her for her services as a domestic staff.

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