3 Ladies Force into Prostitution Confess They were taking to a Shrine to Swear an Oath after Sleeping with Various Men, They Surrender the Proceed.
Three ladies force into prostitution confess they were taking
to a shrine to swear an oath after sleeping with various men, they surrender the
Proceed.
Three young ladies who were allegedly lured into
prostitution in Lagos have confessed that they normally have sex with at least
10 men per day in order to meet their target.
The victims, identified as Helen Dickson, 22, Deborah David,
18 and Chinwedu Oyekachi, 18, were said to have been rescued by operatives of
the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) attached to Lagos command on
July 1st 2018, at Wagbas Hotel in Ajah area of the state following credible
intelligence.
It was reliably gathered that they were trafficked from Imo,
Rivers and Akwa- Ibom states into Lagos by the duo of Ikechukwu Egbulefu, 27
years and Vera John, 26 years, with a promise of good job and better living,
only to end up being sex workers.
In a chat with journalists on Monday during a press briefing
at the Lagos State Command Headquarter, Ikeja, the victims disclosed that they
were lured into the prostitution business with a juicy promise.
They claimed that they sleep with at least 10 men every day
in order to enable them meet their target as demanded by their captors.
The Ladies claimed
that they were taken to an herbalist in Ijebu-ode area, where their pubic hair
was shaved and an oath taken to prevent them from running away from the hotel.
” I was brought from Port Harcourt, they told my mother that
they are going to get me a good job in Lagos and I will live fine, only for
them to bring us into the hotel and ask us to sleep with men. At least we use
to sleep with 10 men in a day to make enough money and they use to collect the
money from us”, Deborah David stated.
The suspects confessed to the crime, but however stated that
the victims were brought to Lagos and engaged in the business with their
consent.
One of the suspects, Vera John, in a chat with journalists
also confirmed that the victims were taken to a herbalist, but with the intent
of procuring some concoction that would boost patronage.
” We told them what they are coming to do in Lagos before
bringing them. We rent the hotel room for them and in the morning, they bring
whatever amount they make over night to us. The Ladies at times realize N6,000,
N10,000 or N15, 000 depending on patronage”.
Out of the money, we do pay N6000.00 for the hotel room. N1,
800.00 for feeding and keep the rest for them “, Vera confessed.
While briefing the press earlier, the Commissioner of Police
CP Edgal Imohim disclosed he had directed that the matter be investigated and
suspects arrested based on the strength of the information available to the
command.
CP Edgal said the victims had narrated during interrogation
that they were taken to a shrine in Epe-ijebu and were made to swear to an oath
that they would not run away from the hotel.
” The painful aspect was that after sleeping with various
men, they surrender the proceed to Vera John “, the Police Commissioner hinted,
adding that the suspects will be charged to court soon
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