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Published 15 May 2021
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person has begun profiling 22 teenagers rescued from a brothel on the premises of Kolab Hotel on Ayetoro Road, Ogun State, with a view to rehabilitating them,
Saturday PUNCH has learnt.
The agency had also launched a manhunt for the syndicate involved in the sex trafficking of the victims, especially underage girls among them, trafficked from Akwa Ibom and Cross River states.
Our correspondent had uncovered how minors were being forced into prostitution at the facility, posing as a client to speak to one of the girls, Abigail (pseudonym), who recounted her harrowing six-month experience having sex with men in exchange for N500/N1,000 collected by one Madam Nelly.
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The Ogun State Police Command has rescued 22 underage girls from Akwa Ibom State, lured into prostitution.
The girls said to be between ages 10 and 14 years were reportedly used as sex workers at a hotel located in the Itele-Ota area of the state.
In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police in an operation coordinated by the Area Commander Ota, Muhideen Obe, were said to have stormed the hotel following an intelligence-gathering received from members of the public.
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The girls, upon interrogation, informed the Police that they were lured from their respective villages in the state on the promise that they would be gainfully employed as sales girls upon arrival in the state.
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Published 8 May 2021
Men of Ogun State Police Command, on Friday, rescued 22 teenage girls between 10 and 14 years that were reportedly lured from Akwa Ibom State to Ogun state for prostitution.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Saturday in a statement.
Oyeyemi said the command got credible information that minors were being recruited as sex workers.
He said the police in an operation, coordinated by the Area Commander Ota, ACP Muhideen Obe, stormed a hotel about 8 pm on Friday and rescued 22 teenagers.
The PPRO said the victims lamented that they were lured from their respective villages in Akwa Ibom State to come to Ogun State, with the promise to employ them as sales girls in restaurants and supermarkets.