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Young Girls Forced Into Pr*stitution Reveal Their Daily Target
Young girls rescued from a brothel in Anambra State said its management forced them to sleep with at least ten men every day.
The girls, numbering around 29 in total, including two minors, were forced into prostitution before being rescued by Anambra State government officials and police operatives during a raid on a motel in Oba village, Idemili South local government area of the state.
The raid was carried out in response to a tip from a whistleblower after constant suspicious activity was spotted in the neighbourhood of the hotel.
The ministry reportedly took the minor girls to the hospital for medical assessment and potential treatment.
Speaking after the rescue, one of the girls said: “We are given 500 every morning for feeding and after that, we are compelled to sleep with men. Sometimes we are beaten when we fail to sleep with up to 10 men in a day.
“Sometimes we make 4,000 on weekdays but during weekends, we make up to N10,000 and sometimes N15,000. The owner of the hotel usually takes the money,” the girls said.
Ify Obinabo, the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, stated that arrests had been made and vowed to see that justice is delivered.
She said, “Before embarking on this raid, an investigation was carried out by the ministry and it was discovered that the management of the hotel by the name ‘Ten Top’, Oba trafficked girls from all parts of the country for prostitution purposes.
“The state government is committed to ending all forms of child kidnapping, trafficking and sex slavery in the state and we urge ndị Anambra to always report any suspicious activity around their vicinity for prompt response and action.”
The rescued girls were described as being between the ages of 16 and 24.
Obinabo stated that the brothel owner and some other females who attracted the girls to the brothel had been detained and will be brought before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Magistrate Court in Awka following investigations.
