Men of the Federal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID), Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos have arrested some underage sex workers in Shimawa area of Ogun State.
The girls were arrested from an hotel which uses underage females as commercial sex workers.
Also arrested were two men, Gbenga Olayinka, the owner of the hotel, and his nephew, Adekunle Oshineye.
Gbenga Olayinka, his nephew Adekunle Oshineye with the arrested girls
The girls are said to come from Akwa Ibom, Kogi, Enugu and Imo states.
They claimed that they were lured to the facility by friends from their respective villages, and are forced to pay their boss N1,000 daily for the accommodation.
The girls also revealed that they are forced to sleep with a minimum of four men daily at a fee ranging between N500 and N1,000 per client to achieve their target, while the owner of the hotel and his nephew also slept with them any time they want.
The underage girls gave their names as their names as Chisom Onyekwere, Chinonso Okoro, Stella Emmanuel, Gift Wada, Chidinma Emmanuel, Tracy Favour, Success Onu, Comfort Francis, Njoku Divine, Destiny Chibuike and Amanda Chima, while the adult sex workers arrested at the facility include Happiness Daniel, Favour Nkume and Glory Ewelike.
Speaking to newsmen on how the facility was uncovered, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Cordelia Nwawe said her boss Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Usman Mani received intelligence about a baby factory in Shimawa on Tuesday night.
Further, she said:
“The anti-trafficking team immediately moved to the location and throughout the night till about 10am on Wednesday, October 23, we were on operation in the area. We needed to locate that particular baby factory where underage females are kept.
“They carried out extensive investigation and found out that 16 females were housed there and engaged as sex workers.
“These girls engage men from the underworld and give them information on potential targets. They are used for high menace back in this country. Also note that weapons are usually hidden in places like this and so, the FCIID is out to carry out extensive investigation,” she said.
Reacting to his arrest, the owner of the facility however denied knowing some of the girls were underage. According to him, the girls rented the rooms in the hotel he has owned for two years on their own.
“I charge the girls N1,000 daily. I do not control them on their customers and I do not keep their money for them.”
“Police have been coming there to search but they have never found anything incriminating. It is not true that criminals come there to hide and it is also not true that the girls keep weapons for criminals. Nothing like that happens there.
“My offence is that I kept these girls in my care to use them to work and I am sorry about that. I know it is wrong. I am married with four kids, two girls and two boys.”
Oshineye on his own part said he was arrested in the room of one of the girls he claimed was his lover. The builder said he always assisted his uncle Olayinka at the brothel when he is less busy.
One of the girls said, “My boyfriend and I planned that I will stop prostitution by December because that is when I would complete my apprenticeship. I sleep with four or five men everyday. It was my friend who came to bring me from the village. I do not enjoy it but I do not have another option,” she said.
Okoro said, “I told my mum I was working but I did not tell her the job I was doing. I have been able to send only N7,000 to her since I started this work. I use protection each time to avoid getting infection.
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