Another teenage brothel, ‘baby factory’ uncovered in Ogun
.We sleep with several men daily, victims allege A
brothel where underage girls are camped and sexually exploited has been
uncovered by detectives attached to the Federal Criminal Investigation
and Intelligence Department (FCIID) Alagbon in Ikoyi.
The
place known as Dafog Hotel in Shimawa, a Lagos-Ogun border community was
discovered at the wee hours of Wednesday and 14 women, two men
arrested.
Those arrested were the owner Gbenga Olayinka, his
nephew Adekunle Oshineye, 28, three adult commercial sex workers-
Happiness Daniel, Favour Nkume and Glory Ewelike- as well as nine
underage girls.
The girls gave 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.
The Nation reports that the girls were brought
from Akwa Ibom, Kogi, Enugu and Imo States and were made to sleep with a
minimum of four men daily at a fee ranging between N500 and N1,000 per
client.
Some of the girls who spoke to reporters said they
usually paid their boss N1,000 daily for the accommodation, claiming
that their friends who were already staying there came to their
respective villages to lure them.
Aside from making them sleep
with men for money, it was gathered that the men usually take turns on
them whenever they felt like.
Our Correspondent observed that
most of the girls could not spell their names correctly, a development
attributed to their drop out of primary school. It was also observed
that none of them knew they were at risk of contracting Hepatitis B and C
or Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical cancer
through their sexual behaviours.
Explaining how the place was
discovered, 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.
“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.
“The AIG
FCIID has stressed that the police will not allow women to be moved to
Lagos or any city in the country and turned into sex workers,” she said.
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