Prostitutes in the city of Abuja
have been given a 48-hour ultimatum to vacate the city or face the full wrath
of the law while men and women who patronize them will be punished with a death
sentence.
These strict measures were laid
out by the Secretary for Social Development, Mrs. Blessing Onuh shortly after
an official visit to several locations witnessing heavy activities of
prostitutes and their patrons in the Federal Capital Territory.
According to Onuh, several other
severe measures had been lined up after security agencies combed several
red-light districts and made several arrests. She noted that prostitution has
metamorphosed from a conventional sedentary practice in local brothels to a
sophisticated cartel of “runs babes” and the corporate realm.
She further revealed that the
‘executive’ type holds in many luxury hotels in Abuja metropolis and the
exquisite homes of the super-rich, adding that notorious spots include Port
Harcourt Crescent, off Gimbiya Street Garki; Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Sheraton
Junction in Wuse II and virtually all the discotheques. Even in poor neighbourhood
like Nyanya, Mararaba and Gwagwa, little girls have joined the illicit trade.
“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. 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 said.
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