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 patronise them will be
punished with a death sentence. These strict
measures were laid out by the Secretary for
Social Development, Mrs. Blessing Onuh after
an official visit to several locations known to
witness heavy activity of prostitutes and
their patrons in the Federal Capital
Territory.
Mrs Onuh added that several other severe
measures had been lined up after security
agencies combed several red-light districts
and made several arrests.
She noted that experiencing a decline in the
scourge, the secretary noted that
prostitution has metamorphosed from the
conventional sedentary practice in local
brothels to a sophisticated cartel of “runs
babes” and the corporate realm.
She revealed that the ‘executive’ type now
holds in many luxury hotels in the 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
and Sheraton Junction in Wuse II; and
virtually all the discotheques; even in poor
neighbourhoods like Nyanyan, 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.”
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