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Benin??? A Land Of Prostitutes by Nobody: 2:15pm On Jul 18, 2017 |
They are called queens of the night. Many refer to them as women of easy virtue. In Benin City, capital of Edo State, these young women, known as asewo, are more domiciled at the popular Ugbague Street in the ancient city. Investigation reveals that most of the girls trading their bodies at this joint are cheap prostitutes willing to accept any amount from potential customers. They are usually lowly priced by male customers. For N1, 000 or even less, the prostitutes are willing to strip and engage in a round of sex. The sex workers are not the only occupants on Ugbague Street though. There are a few residential houses on the street just as there are traders that sell different legitimate commodities. However, when one mentions Ugbague in Benin and its environs, it connotes a place where hundreds of ladies sell their bodies for money. Prostitution at Ugbague, according to sources, dates back to the 1940s and 1950s. and most of the prostitutes were said to have migrated from other states. They took abode at Ugbague area in the lively Benin City. According to history, Ugbague happened to be one of the busiest places in the region then, where one could get suya delicacies 24 hours of the day. Therefore, the street gradually evolved into a centre of attraction for young ladies, who found it strategic to solicit for men financially buoyant because they could afford some suya and bottles of drinks. The trend continued and as at the last check, more than three hundred girls are now plying their trade on this same street, selling their bodies to willing men. On this day, at about 1.pm, this reporter, in a company with a friend, Bright Izehiuwa, walked into the right side of Ugbague, connecting the ever- busy street from Mission Road. The visitors were immediately accosted by about six ladies. The girls were speaking at the same time: “Follow me to my room to choose any style you want and enjoy your money.” “There is AC in my room.” “I will entertain you with blue film before we start action.” “Do you want to enjoy touch your toes style”? Everyday and every night, these ladies line up, flaunting their buttocks and breasts in an inviting manner. Unfortunately for the ladies, they are currently working harder and standing longer in the dead of the night to solicit for customers because business is no longer as booming as it was. One of the prostitutes, who spoke with our reporter on the condition of anonymity, complained that the lull in business might not be unconnected with the unhealthy economic situation in the country as a whole. She lamented: “There is bad market here at the moment. It really started when the new government took over power from President Jonathan. I watch and listen to news all the time. I hear how people complain that there is no money in circulation. There are times no man would come to ask what we are selling let alone buy. It has never been as tough as this since I started this job three years ago. Is it a man who has no food in his stomach that will remember the road that leads to a hotel? But the owner of this place will not understand that customers are no more coming to have fun with us as it used to be.” The walls in some of the walkways leading to the brothels where the transactions between the harlots and their customers are confirmed were decorated with salacious posters. The hotels are ancient houses, built with mud that had only seen skeletal renovations in decades. You may not be wrong if you call the houses shanties. The ladies, some teenagers, others adults, walk about, puffing cigarette smoke into the air. Every now and then, they utter uncharitable remarks at any male passerby who doesn’t look their way. Their services are available day and night, but patronage usually hits the peak at nights. When one enters the street from Mission Road, the right part of the hotel has assumed considerable notoriety. It is a place where prostitutes accept any amount for a quick round of sex. These prostitutes, of all shapes, it was gathered, take a position and stand all through the night to solicit for men. Those who can’t go through the ordeal of standing for endless hours in front of their building for men to come loiter around Ugbague and adjoining streets. Streets like Akpakpava, Mission Roads, Lagos Street and others, then host a large number of the prostitutes, all in search of customers. Our reporter further gathered that for as little as N500, a hard-pressed man can have a quick sex, waggishly called ‘touch your toes’ with the desperate prostitutes at any of the dark corners outside the buildings. At night, they swarm like bees. One might not be wrong to conclude that sex has become the main commodity for sale on Ugbague Street. For N1,000, some of the prostitutes would be willing to rush inside a parked car to satisfy any randy man for what is usually referred to as ‘sharp sharp’ sex. A waiter at a popular bar on Ugbague Street explained that kind of sex to be shorter than even the popular ‘short-time’ service. The ladies, in their hundreds, and between the ages of 17 and 45, congregate in the area everyday and are clustered, ready to melt into the waiting arms of their one night sex partners. Most of them come out in see-through dresses in the hunt for Benin men. Yet for some of the ladies, business is smooth. “What they only need to do is have their bath, make-up and sit down just by their doors to make passes at customers who come in,” a trader on Ugbague Street, who simply gave his name as Osas, explained. It was also discovered that some of the ladies take the risk to have sex with men without the use of condoms, but with a higher charge. With a bottle of big stout and two sticks of cigarettes as enticement, a prostitute at the hotel, who engaged in a long conversation with this reporter, revealed all. 1 Like |
Re: Benin??? A Land Of Prostitutes by gabinogem(m): 2:34pm On Jul 18, 2017 |
Still Rape Is On The Increase. |
Re: Benin??? A Land Of Prostitutes by LifeofClinton(m): 7:47pm On Jul 18, 2017 |
Somebody posted this like 3 -4 years ago |
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