The Nigerian and a South African, Molapo Lebogang are accused of transporting a woman from Johannesburg to Cape Town to sell her into the sex trade.
In his affidavit in support of a bail application, Okafor said he was planning to marry his SA girlfriend and had a child to look after.
He said he had no history of violence, no intention of seeking out the woman who made the complaint of sex trafficking and only one prior conviction, which was related to drugs. On the witness stand, speaking through an Ibo translator, Okafor was asked to explain why he did not have a valid asylum seeker permit even though he had applied for one when he entered SA in 2006 and again in 2013.
Okafor said his first application was rejected and his second still pending. His lawyer, Bongani Mngeni, asked for a postponement so that confusion over the second permit could be clarified with home affairs. Mngeni also asked the magistrate to move the accused to a different police station so Lebogang could receive better care for her tuberculosis. The request was denied and the bail application was adjourned until April 23.
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