Abuja prostitutes have been given a 48-hour ultimatum t
leave the capital city, while their customers have also bee
threatened with the death sentence. The ultimatum wa
made by the Secretary for Social Development, Mrs
Blessing Onuh after an official visit to locations wher
prostitutes carry out their activities in the Federal Capita
Territory. Onuh warned that severe measures had bee
lined up for sex hawkers, after security agencies combe
several red-light districts and made series of arrests. Sh
bemoaned the menace of prostitution in the state, sayin
that Abuja’s powerful men are their regular customers
“They parade a horde of half-unclad girls and women o
various ages and sizes brazenly exposing themselves, whil
openly and desperately beckoning on motorists an
passers-by to pick them for the night.” “They insult, poke
rude jokes and pour vituperation on those who look at the
scornfully or ignore them. Indeed, for Abuja’s affluent an
powerful men, it has become commonplace to place orde
for these women on the street or import them from othe
states and even from far-flung countries in the Caribbea
and Asian countries.” Onuh also added that the prostitute
have become regular attendees of social and politica
functions in the state. “High-society social, politica
functions are incomplete without a harem of these shadow
women. The import of these is that the upsurge requires
holistic framework to be able to deal with this seemingl
intractable scourge,” she added.

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 12:01