she realized she had to become her sex worker; that
she sent them (she and the other girls) to a place
commonly known as “Papa Solo” where they
worked as sex workers and at the end of each night
they had to give her the proceeds thereof in order
to pay back the CFA F 1,000,000 (one million) she
claimed from each one of them; that she used the
same technique as on O. B to force her into
prostitution; S. P and K. O said they arrived
Ouahigouya respectively 1 (one) and 4 (four)
months ago and that Madam O. I used the same
strategy as with Ossia Blessing and D. S to force
them into prostitution;
When arrested, the accused simply
acknowledge the facts levied against her,
explaining that about 8 (eight) months ago she had
3 (three) girls come from Ouagadougou to
Ouahigouya, to work as prostitutes; that each one
of them had to pay her CFA F 1,000,000 (one
million) standing as the amount she spent as their
travelling expenses before regaining their freedom;
that she got in touch with the girls through her
accomplice, Opa in Nigeria, to whom she paid the
sum of CFA F 500,000 (five hundred thousand)
per girl; that she collected their personal
documents, hair on the head, skin, armpit, and
pubic, even their pants and brassiere so as to
intimidate them;
When the police investigation was over, the
police officer forwarded the report to the State
Counsel of Faso, who based on the facts, pressed
charges of pimping in flagrante delicto against O.I
pursuant to article 533(22) of the Penal Code;
In her confessional statement to
prosecution, O.I, acknowledged throughout and
reiterated what she said during the preliminary
inquiry
Appearing in court with the Bénéwendé
Sankara law firm as lawyer, O.I declared not to
concur with the charges pressed against her; she
explained that she had asked a man named Opa in
Nigeria who sent him girls willing to become sex
workers; that she paid CFA F 500,000 (five
hundred thousand) as transport allowance for each
of these girls and they had to work to repay her the
transport allowance she had spent; she
acknowledged collecting money made out of
prostitution by a victim; she also acknowledged