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Another set of four teenage girls, who were tricked into prostitution in a notorious Calabar brothel, Vegas Flex, have recounted how they sleep with more than 20 men daily and how their ‘Madam’ collects the money. The girls, Felicia Nzuworgar, 17; Patience Williams, 18; Angela Benjamin, 17 and Charity Nkwogor all from Okun Local Government Area of Benue state said
Abigail Aliyu whom they call “Chair Lady” took them from their homes in Benue State in January this year on the pretext that she was taking them to Lagos to work as sales girls in her drinking spot, but ended up as sex workers in the brothel located at 26 Bedwell Street, Calabar.
One of the girls, Felicia, told Vanguard,
“the woman told me that
she has a beer parlour in Lagos and wanted me to work as sales girl
there, but when we got here she gave me boxer shorts to wear and when I
asked her where the drinking parlour is for me to start working, she
said I should hustle like other girls by sleeping with men and when I
refused she beat me up.”
The girls, with different cane marks on their bodies, said the lady beat
them to submission, adding that when they started it was very painful
as they were not used to sleeping with such large number of men daily.
Patience recounting her experience said
“Every day we sleep with over
twenty men for N500.00 each and because we are young, men do line up
to have us. At about 12 midnight, ‘Chair Lady’ will come in and collect
the money, because she counts the condoms she gives to us, if you do
not give her all the money she will beat you mercilessly.”
The girls said Abigail and the men working for her normally, searched
their room and their bodies at the close of each day to ensure they
had not hidden any money and beaten if any money was found on them.
They said Abigail on arrival in Calabar collected their phones and did
not allow any of them to step outside the brothel for fear that they
might run away. They said when Angela and Charity attempted to escape
that they were beaten to a state of unconsciousness by the woman and
some of her male friends.
Angela said “
When I tried running away, she brought a soldier
and a policeman, who are her boyfriends, and they beat me up and poured
tear gas in my eyes. I later fell sick because of that beating for many
days”.
On why they followed the woman without letting their parents know, they said once the woman touched them on the shoulders they became confused and went with her.
On why they followed the woman without letting their parents know, they said once the woman touched them on the shoulders they became confused and went with her.
“ I was walking in our market in Okun Local
Government Area when she greeted me and touched me on the shoulder and
that was how I followed her and we entered vehicle to Enugu to the house
of a juju man, who prepared a medicine (concoction) for us to drink
which she said was to protect us from sickness, but when we got to
Calabar, she said if we run away the medicine the man gave us will make
our private part to rot,” Charity narrated.
But the Ebonyi State born, “Chair Lady” , Abigail Aliyu , said her arrest by operatives of the Anti Human Trafficking operatives of the Cross River State Police Command was due to jealousy, adding that she was not the one that brought the girls to Calabar.
But the Ebonyi State born, “Chair Lady” , Abigail Aliyu , said her arrest by operatives of the Anti Human Trafficking operatives of the Cross River State Police Command was due to jealousy, adding that she was not the one that brought the girls to Calabar.
Mr John Eluu, Cross River State Police Public Relations Officer, said
the woman will soon be charged to court after investigation but youths
should cautiousness and not go with anyone who promises them jobs in
Lagos or any other town without any proof.
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