How I was lured into prostitution in Lagos – 15-year-old sex worker
A teenage sex worker has revealed how she was lured into Lagos for prostitution.
The 15-year-old primary school dropout, disclosed how one Monica Ita brought her from her village in the eastern part of the country to be sleeping with men in Lagos for money.
The teenage girl was said to have arrived Lagos a few weeks ago on the pretext that she (Ita) would get her a good job.
She said, “I finished from primary school two years ago, but I could not continue my study because my parents died. Aunty Monica (Ita) came to the village and asked me to follow her to Abuja. She said she would get me a good job.
“Some days after I got to Lagos, she took me to the hotel to do prostitution. I had yet to get a room when the police came to pick us.”
John Okon, the owner of Collabor Hotel, an inn on Ige Street in the Iyana Ipaja area of the state where the prostitutes operate has been arrested for allegedly hosting underage sex workers in the facility.
Emmanuel Thomas, the hotel manager was also arrested by the state Police Command.
One Destiny Bassey, 19, and 18-year-old Bright Effiong, who were said to have been at the inn for over three years, were also picked by the operatives.
Thomas, during a parade at the State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja, admitted to providing service for sex workers, except the 15-year-old girl.
“It is true that we provide rooms for sex workers where men visit them. We collect N5,000 from them (the sex workers) every week. We don’t give them out to men; they bring their customers themselves,” he said.
