Please can someone answer this?

I overhead a young man saying its illegal.

If it is, how come brothels are thriving everywhere?

It violates provisions in the criminal and penal code but brother man! THE HUSTLE IS REAL...

If it's illegal then I was fooled. A lot of prostitutes brazenly display their wares nightly in major cities of the country and law enforcement officials do nothing, in some cases they even patronize the business. The only time it becomes illegal is when broke officers decide to make easy money while satisfying carnal desires by arresting them in droves for group _rapes and eventual extortion in the police station.

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donestk:
Please can someone answer this?

I overhead a young man saying its illegal.

If it is, how come brothels are thriving everywhere?

It is supposedly 'illegal' on paper. One of those laws that are essentially unimplementable.

The law here basically defines prostitution as soliciting for sex. The problem is that this only indicts those girls who stand on the road and harass passers-by or motorists for sex; even then, it is difficult to prove this in court.

If we define prostitution the way it is supposed to be defined - as any instance of trading sexual favours for monetary or non-monetary rewards, then virtually every woman in Nigeria is a prostitute.. Including our mothers, sisters and wives - and the female judges who would preside over the cases.