Abuja prostitutes have been given a 48-hour
ultimatum to leave the capital city, while their
customers have also been threatened with the
death sentence.
The ultimatum was made by the Secretary for
Social Development, Mrs. Blessing Onuh after an
official visit to locations where prostitutes carry
out their activities in the Federal Capital Territory.
Onuh warned that severe measures had been
lined up for sex hawkers, after security agencies
combed several red-light districts and made series
of arrests.
She bemoaned the menace of prostitution in the
state, saying that Abuja’s powerful men are their
regular customers.
“They parade a horde of half-unclad girls and
women of various ages and sizes brazenly
exposing themselves, while openly and
desperately beckoning on motorists and passers-
by to pick them for the night.”
“They insult, poke rude jokes and pour
vituperation on those who look at them scornfully
or ignore them. Indeed, for Abuja’s affluent and
powerful men, it has become commonplace to
place order for these women on the street or
import them from other states and even from far-
flung countries in the Caribbean and Asian
countries.”
Onuh also added that the prostitutes have
become regular attendees of social and political
functions in the state.
“High-society social, political functions are
incomplete without a harem of these shadowy
women. The import of these is that the upsurge
requires a holistic framework to be able to deal
with this seemingly intractable scourge,” she
added.
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