The commercial sex business is largely frowned
upon in Nigeria but one woman seeks to change
that.
48-year-old Patoo Abraham has led protests in Lagos to
seek a better lot for Nigeria's prostitutes.
Abraham is seeking to ensure that prostitution is legalized in
Nigeria and that sex workers be protected and respected. The
mother-of-two, who heads the Nigerian chapter of African
Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA) and the Women of Power
Initiative (WOPI) , led protests with the demonstrators
wearing T-shirts screaming "Sex work is work, we need our
rights."
She told Al Jazeera:
"We are tired of dying in silence","We want to be
able to practise our profession with pride like
every other person. We want an end to name-
calling and stigmatisation. We are sex workers
and not asawo [a derogatory Yoruba name for
prostitutes]."
"Sex work is normal work and there are sex
workers everywhere under one form of disguise
or the other". "The government should stop
criminalising our work"
Ms. Abraham also stated that she is proud of her profession
as it is not different from any other trade. Controversial
musician, Maheeda has also called for the legalization of
prostitution in Nigeria.

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If you're within Apapa, Olodi-Apapa and Ajegunle, you can't believe that prostitution is illegal in Nigeria. In short, you'll think that all girls are prostitute

Yes it should be legalised with clause. They should make the prostitute to purchase a trading license. A very expensive licence of body trade. So that it will become a put off for girls who are in the trade.. What is this life turning into sef?

Yup,

#NoToFaggotz

Dey sud also legalize armed robbery den, shameless women!!!

@wordcat...Some areas are like that, but still, u can't make a general statement outta Apapa babes. *wink*

@Angela...I guess u re diplomatic enough in your judgement of this matter. If they were made to pay heavily for some licence, it would deter/discourage them a lil bit. And reduce the chances of contrqcting diseases, as the licenced ones would have been made to pass through a couple of medical tests. What a world!

Its not legal yet?

Yes, everyone of them should have an ID card, a special number whereby you can text to a short code to know how long she has been in it, if she has AIDS, Gono, if she is a dicck sucker, or does anaal very well. Let's separate the even from the odd.