{
  "id": 8342020,
  "title": "Nigerian teenager jailed for selling sexual abuse videos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/nigerian-teenager-jailed-for-selling-sexual-abuse-videos",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T00:44:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nigerian-teenager-jailed-for-selling-sexual-abuse-videos/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nigerian teenager Gift Ayoola has been sentenced to four years in prison for recording the sexual abuse of children and selling the videos to paedophiles in the United Kingdom. Ayoola, 19, pleaded guilty to making and distributing indecent images, possessing extreme pornography, and causing children to engage in sexual activities. He was found with a \"library\" of hundreds of images and videos involving sexually abused minors, including 455 category A images, 401 category B images, and 389 category C images. Ayoola was in contact with young children online, instructing them to engage in sexual activities and recording the sessions. He was arrested in March 2026 with indecent images of children as young as four years old. Judge Vanessa Francis emphasized the gravity of the crime, stating that the children exploited were much younger than Ayoola and had been subjected to extremely harmful material.",
  "summary": "A Nigerian teenager, Gift Ayoola, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for recording the sexual abuses of children and selling them to paedophiles in the United Kingdom. He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to making and distributing indecent images, possessing extreme pornography, and causing and inciting children to Read More:…",
  "key_points": [
    "Gift Ayoola, 19, jailed for four years",
    "Ayoola recorded sexual abuse of children, sold videos to UK paedophiles",
    "Judge emphasized exploitation of much younger victims"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The sentencing highlights the serious consequences for those who exploit and harm children, particularly when technology is used to facilitate and distribute such abuse.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Nigerian teenager jailed for selling sexual abuse videos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/nigerian-teenager-jailed-for-selling-sexual-abuse-videos-8345051",
        "published": "2026-09-19T01:02:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}