Abuja Prostitutes Given 48 Hours To Vacate The City, Death Penalty For Their Customers

Prostitutes in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, Abuja, have been handed less than 48 hours to leave the city or face the full wrath of the law while anyone who is caught patronizing them will face the death penalty.

These strict measures were laid out by the Secretary for Social Development, Mrs. Blessing Onuh shortly 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 extreme measures were in place for sex workers and that security agencies had combed several red-light districts of which several arrests were made.

She noted that the 'business' had escalated from local brothels to a sophisticated cartel of “runs babes” who now parade the city half naked.

She revealed that the 'executive' type of prostitution now holds in the most luxurious hotels in the Abuja metropolis and the exquisite homes of the super-rich.

According to her, such top spots include Port Harcourt Crescent, off Gimbiya Street, Garki, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent and Sheraton Junction in Wuse II.
She said it's pathetic that even younger girls have joined the trade and it's fast spreading to other minor areas of the state becoming a trend for teenage girls.

“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 prostitutes have taken their game higher by attending social and top 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.”

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