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*jona:
Trade Swells Due To Hard Times
Jude Ossai and Lawrence Amaku


Transformed by wigs and skimpy dresses,
it is time for the ladies to go for businessIT was 10.30pm around Ojuelegba in Lagos. Young ladies, of all sizes and shapes, began to line up the streets; some in groups and some doing solo soliciting. Soon after, a woman, obviously, older and a little bit plumpier than most of the girls, also came and took her position on the street. She had squeezed herself into a pair of jeans trousers and a top that showed all the folds of her upper region.

Some of the girls began to hiss, complaining of some old school prostitutes who have refused to leave the oldest trade so that the younger generation could thrive; or better still, some old housewives who have left their husbands and children at home to hustle with them thereby saturating the lucrative market.

The hissing and grumbling refused to move the woman. She pretended not to hear them until a customer came and picked her thereby eliciting some jeers from the other girls. It is the sign of the times!

Somewhere around Ring Road in Ibadan sometimes ago, a woman stood at the roadside late in the night. She was, recently, divorced from her husband in Ondo and had fought to keep her children. To make ends meet, she decided to do some 'runs' in the night to augment her income as an orange seller.

An Indian picked her up and, after some haggling, took her home. At home, the Indian's eyes began to 'open'. What he could see was quite different from the sweet sixteen figure he thought he initially saw. But right there before him was a woman in her early fifties with flabby arms and fat stomach squeezed in some tight-fitting skirt and blouse. He was no longer interested and asked the woman to leave. Where would she go at this time of the night? How about the expectant children she left behind at home? The woman must have thought within herself. She refused to budge but, rather, demanded full payment for her services which she was yet to render. The disappointed Indian was furious and decided to beat her up. She ended up in a hospital. Another sign of the time traceable to global meltdown?

Few months back, a national daily carried the news that Lagos state has 2,576 registered prostitutes. This information, then, raised a lot of reactions among residents but nothing has come of the issue since.

[b]The Executive Secretary of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), Barrister Carol Ndaguba, recently, stated that Akwa Ibom State has the highest number of prostitutes, and these prostitutes all operate within Lagos state. She said statistics from Uyo zonal office of NAPTIP alone showed that, out of 104 victims rescued in the last quarter of the year, 53 were from Akwa Ibom state. “It is sad that most of the Akwa Ibom girls rescued were used for prostitution in Lagos , and that most of the brothels in Lagos are inhabited by young girls from Akwa Ibom State ,” Ndaguba said. The unwritten legality of prostitution, as a profession in Lagos, has given rise to an increase in the number of areas where sex hawkers can be found. These areas, popularly called hot spots or red zones, increase in number daily and the efforts of police officers in picking them off the roads, at regular intervals, have not had any impact.

The fact of the matter is that the biting economic situation has continued to make survival a top issue and those from the hinterland see a city like Lagos as the El dorado.

Recently, residents of Obalende raised alarm on how landlords, in the area, are encouraging prostitution by leasing their buildings to prostitutes who flocked into the area after being displaced from Kuramo beach and other areas within Lagos.

Saturday Tribune learnt that most landlords have capitalized on the influx of sex traders into the area to turn their houses into brothels. They are also said to charge between N500 and N1, 000 for short services by the prostitutes. There are many buildings in Obalende which have been turned into emergency brothels[/b].

Red spots in the area include: Allen Road , Opebi, which is described as the most expensive, Egbeda-Idimu Road Car wash, Ikeja along, Isaac John Street in Ikeja GRA, the various beaches and many others.

Move away from these areas, campuses of various tertiary institutions, across the state, have turned to super red zones. In these campuses, prostitution wears a garb of dignity and is called so many names like ‘runs’, ‘hustling’, ‘parole’ and other such nomenclatures. People who have the urge for refined sex hawkers merely need to visit any of the campuses in Lagos, and the deed is done.

The services of these student sex hawkers do not differ from that of their counterparts outside except for the calibre of people they attend to. Most of these students only cater for the rich and old men; not young blood like themselves except the affluent ones.

Also, the manner of ‘advertisement’ in tertiary institutions is also different from that of those outside. They use middlemen and pimps who liaise with the clients and take a cut of the fee but outside, sex hawkers relate to their clients one-on-one without any go-between.

Prostitution, which has been described as the world’s oldest profession, has continued to thrive in Lagos state in spite of the various steps taken by government and its various agencies to stem the trend.Residents have also attributed to the increase in crime rates in the state to the unabated menace of prostitution. Young girls in neighbourhoods where these red spots are located get introduced to sex and are, continuously, defiled by neighbours who lure them with stipends.

Many factors have been attributed to the increase in prostitution in the state. Reasons adduced range from, mostly, the poor economic situation of the country. Benjamin Oruh, a lawyer said the major issue has to do with poverty. “What you see is a result of the failure of the state. When a young girl has to feed her parents and siblings without having a tangible job or when a family of ten sleeps in a room and a young girl watches her parents having sex, what exactly should one expect?

I am not ruling out the greed and laziness factor but the truth is that the poverty level in this country is so high and that of Lagos is even higher with the density of the population and the terrible living conditions of many. Emeka Onyewu, a trader has a different opinion. He told Saturday Tribune that, “If government continues to break our shops and render us jobless, what do they expect us to do? It’s only prostitution and armed robbery that many would turn to. In fact, I am sure many homes will soon become brothels.”

In Abuja, there had been an influx of people from within and outside the country, in recent times, and among these migrant ladies are those who have come to ‘hustle’.

Some of these ladies, whose ages range from 16-35 years, operate from highbrow hotels in the city. Those are the high class prostitutes. Others in the middle range operate in brothels and street-waiting girls. Some of them, in this category, move from the satellite towns in Abuja into the city at nights to hang around major streets waiting for their patrons. A bevy of these ladies are found mostly in Wuse Zone 4, NICON Junction, Rita Rolly, in Area 11, Garki and a host of others.

These ladies, who are skimpily dressed, displaying their nudity to attract their clients, are no less nocturnal animals; they come out as from 10.pm and lay siege on the streets waiting for their gullible would-be clients: the night crawlers.

Only last week, a court in Abuja sentenced 20 of these women of easy virtues to 2-weeks imprisonment for indecency and public assault. They were arrested by the Police in the streets of Abuja at night as it is their custom to appear half-naked in order to attract their clients.

Some of the other category that operates on the highbrow hotels, Saturday Tribune investigations learnt, are from South Africa. These ladies pose as staffers of Multinational Corporations who are in Abuja on official business. One of the ladies, who simply gave her name as Rita told ST when prodded, “We have rooms in Transcorp Hilton, Rockview and other hotels. I am from South Africa and I work for MTN.”

When the reporter asked if she had any Identity Card to back up her claims, she showed her ID card bearing her insignia as an MTN Staff and disclosed that she was in Nigeria for a three-week course.

However, unconfirmed sources told ST that there is a cartel, with some diplomats at the Nigerian High Commission in South Africa, that send these ladies to Nigeria . According to these sources, the cartel and their partners, at the High Commission, procure visas and other travel documents for these ladies. They also provide contacts for them in Nigeria .

A prominent Nigerian who spoke to Saturday Tribune at the lobby of Transcorp Hilton said, “I can confirm to you that there are many South African prostitutes operating in Abuja . They prey on politicians and high profile individuals. I have encountered them.

Also opposite Sheraton Hotel, ST spoke with a lady in her teens; she wore a low cut, black top and a tight denim standing as though, she was waiting for an available taxi. Of course, as a new timer in town, you would be marveled at what such teen of God would be doing at such late night hour,

But an 18-year-old lady who hails from Anambra and a student of University of Abuja, revealed that she had been in the business for good two years since she gained admission into the school. While narrating her ordeal, she told the reporter that she lost her father to a fatal motor accident shortly after she got the admission to the school and has been the one fending for herself at school.

ST investigation revealed that there are about 17, 000 of these prostitutes in Abuja . Though no concrete statistics was obtained but a highly placed source told ST that the number may even be higher. He said the problem is that there was a serious problem of unemployment in the country. “Life in the rural areas is unbearable and what happens, these women come to the city to look for how they can take care of themselves and that of their families”.

The source added, “It is estimated that about two per cent of Nigeria 's female population is poverty-stricken. Women are attracted to the money in the cities, but have to have sex to earn it -- this is probably a large reason why the HIV infection rate is so high in the country today”.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/11042009/spi_feat1.html

nobilia:
@ Original Poster,

It is good to know that the actions of those named individuals pained you a lot but I want you to know that you actually do not know how the world is run. Those peddlers are nothing but people trying to make ends meet.
If you are into the kind of job I am into, you will know that the CIA you are quoting does more than those they are hunting. Do not get me wrong, I hate drugs and their pushers but those you are naming are just resellers. What about those that haul drugs in their private jet within God's own country.
Almost 70% of American dollars have traces of cocaine but we are here about to shoot eighteen brothers.
It is we Nigerians that bring out the worst in us. Since after Katrina, how many times have you seen CNN do an indepth on what those people are suffering now, that is America keeping their own dirt inside house.
They hunting 18 Nigerians' whereas they have all the Italian Mob, Irish, spanish cartels doing their things without fear or rethink. How many times have you seen Italian government come out to accept the fact that they are ruining the world with organized crime and drugs?
Do not crucify me yet but I do really think that television and low self esteem have made our newest generations to accept that Nigerians are a bunch disgraceful individuals. It ain't so. How many times have you turned on the news and heard about the good things Nigerian professionals are doing all over the world?
Brother the British have done this to us before by planting seed of discord in Nigeria, let us not do it to ourselves in this generation.
As much as i would like to condemn the activities of those you named, I will wait till they are convicted in a competent court before I will call out death to the smoochies.

manmustwac:
In her moment of madness she stabs her husband in the neck, which means she intentially wanted to kill him. Now even if shes get off lightly she's a single mother for life. Theres no winner in this case.

*comfort:
Woman, Sons Arrested Over Baby Factory In Aba
By Ben Duru Correspondent, Umuahia

[b]Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended a maternity home operator for allegedly keeping young girls, who give birth to children, which she eventually sells to the public.

The woman, who gave her name as Felicia Ebe Habour, claims to be a trainee nurse.

Speaking to Saturday Independent at the Corps' Command on Azikiwe Road, Umuahia, the NSCDC's Public Relations Officer, Soji Alabi, also said that last year alone the NSCDC in Abia apprehended about five operators of such homes and secured the release of more than 50 young girls.



According to him, Abia State, especially the Aba area, is notorious for the illegal activity and that efforts are still on to discover such homes and prosecute the operators.

He said the command had observed that majority of those engaged in the business see nothing wrong in their unlawful acts, adding that this is why most of them engage in it without remorse.[/b]Alabi said the last arrest, which occurred at Divine Mercy Maternity and Childcare Home at Nwankpa Street, Off Faulks Road, Aba saw the arrest of Fidelia and her two sons, who allegedly impregnate the girls.

Continuing he said that about 14 of the young girls, whose age range from 15 to 19, were found to be so heavy, one of them had to deliver at a hospital in Umuahia.

According to him, "what we have discovered is that this illegal act means nothing to those engaged in the business. One of them even confessed to me that they were doing the society and the mothers a favour by taking the babies and still offering them some money.

"We also discovered that this business is carried out in almost every community in Abia [b]State because many of these communities have one kind of childcare maternity or the other and it is flourishing daily."

He said that enquiries show that babies taken off these young girls are usually sold to the public, especially those looking for children to adopt, while others are used for ritual purposes.

"A male child is more expensive than a female one. A male child is oftentimes sold for between N30,000 to N50,000. Again, the young girls who gave birth to these babies are not properly catered for after the business is concluded," he said.

The NSCDC spokesman stated further that last year the command apprehended another woman with about 20 young girls. Another incident involving a woman and a set of 10 young girls was recorded last year.

Alabi said investigations showed that after the arrival of the babies, the girls are paid and given sometime after which they are impregnated again, as there are men in the waiting to carryout the job, adding that it has not been easy apprehending the men who impregnate the young girls.

"You see the men are always there. They are hired and harboured by the operators of these homes to impregnate the girls, after which the babies are sold to the public. It is a flourishing business because members of the public, who are aware of the illegal business are always afraid to come forward and give information as to what is happening in their community.

"We are able to detect and arrest the operators because our men are always in the field and they also live in these communities. You may not be able to identify them so they are able to uncover what is happening and report, which enables us to fish the people out."

He stated further that most of the time these homes are shut permanently and some of

them have never been reopened. He lamented that the NSCDC Act did not empower them to prosecute such offenders, adding that the power to prosecute is vested in the National Programme against Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Alabi said he was not aware if those apprehended and handed over to the agency mandated to look into their matters had been prosecuted "but what I can tell you is that going by the Act establishing the NSCDC, if it is a case of murder we hand it over to the police after investigation, but if it is other acts like the man who raped a young girl, we can prosecute."

He urged members of the public to give information to the command on the operations of those running maternity and childcare homes in their communities so that such illegal acts can be stopped, adding that the command was ready to protect the identities of those offering information to them.

Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Sam Hart, stated that government was more interested in ensuring that all Abia people have the best of life, adding that this is why the government is upgrading and procuring instruments for all the hospitals and health centres across the 17 local government areas.

He said that on several occasions government had spoken out against those operating homes that are not registered with the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. Measures, he said, have been put in place to ensure that they are fished out and shut and those operating them brought before the law.

Hart warned that those who were yet to heed the call will eventually be caught by the long arm of the law and made to suffer for their sins. He enjoined the people in Abia to eschew all acts that are not in tandem with the provisions of the law.

"We want to assure the people of Abia that the government is out to make things better for everyone. This can be seen by the people oriented programmes we have put in place. The people should reciprocate government's action with obedience to the law and not breaking it."
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*jona:
War over witches
•As pastors fight over demons
From JOE EFFIOING, Uyo
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

[b]Helen Ukpabio, tele-evangelist, church founder, film actor and movie producer, is one clergywoman who can smoke out one witch in a crowd of millions of saints. Or so it seems.

Nearly all her films, which however are anchored on morality, has some elements of futile display of witchcraft powers which eventually get subdued by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Thus, when she literally came to paint Uyo red (her members actually marched in the streets wearing reddish T-Shirts) about three weeks ago, on a campaign which theme was “Coven on Naked Wire”, then it was obvious that something witching was in the air.

And those who expected a bountiful harvest of witches advised in the crusade posters to come out for free deliverance, were not disappointed as it was reported that more than 500 people, mostly children voluntary went out to label themselves witches or wizard in order to get the awoof deliverance.
But that is where the story began to get K-leg according to Apostle John Okoriko, the founder and president of Solid Rock Kingdom Church, whose church along Ikot Ekpene Road Uyo is only about 300 metres from Helen Ukpabio’s Liberty Gospel Church situated in the same axis.

Okoriko told The Sun a few days after the “Coven on Naked Wire” crusade that the claim of delivering 500 witches and wizards was nothing but a charade since there were no such number of witches in Uyo, as such the claim was fraudulent and ungodly especially when Ukpabio was reported to have instructed those delivered to be attending the various branches of her church for eight months for them to be monitored.

“It is embarrassing in 21st century where every nation is going scientific and to the space that we are still talking about witchcraft. It is time we faced reality and not absurdity. I strongly disagree with the notion that Akwa Ibom state has been taken over by witches.”

He said if at all there were witches and wizards in Uyo, they were not up to 10, not to talk of 500 who purportedly did the confession in a single church programme.
“I challenge all prophets and apostles to open contest to prove if there is more than one witch in Akwa Ibom. In the Bible we hear of the Witch of Endor; which means there is always one witch at a time in a town; not 500.

“And how can you tell 500 people who voluntarily confessed witchcraft to be attending your church for good or bad eight months for them to be completely delivered. Witchcraft is no spirit; it is a think of the flesh like drunkenness, fornication or stealing so it doesn’t call for spiritual deliverance,” he reasoned.
Okoriko stressed that church leaders who are benefiting from the alleged witches were manipulating people to conference, adding that such assumed witches are always the poor.

This thing is dragging our state backward; people have been brainwashed to think negatively. If the suffer a slight misfortune in their businesses instead of looking for practical solution, the pastors will tell them that they are attacked by witches and the person will become a slave to the pastors. It is sad.
“If this state has been taken over by witchcraft, why can’t we use witchcraft to achieve good things; at least win international football matches? All we need to do is put eleven bewitched boys on the pitch and win the world cup.

These so-called men of God are hireling or spiritual mercenaries,” he declared.
If Akwa Iboºm has only one witch or wizard, so who is the witch of Uyo? And the 500 that paraded themselves as witches? Okoriko says: “They are fake witches.”[/b]

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/apr/21/national-21-04-2009-19.htm

*jona:

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