Anambra State Police Command raided a hotel on Monday and rescued nine underage girls used as sex workers.
The girls, who are said to be within the age bracket of 15–23 years, were taken away from the hotel while the owner of the brothel was arrested.
The state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement that the police carried out the operation on the Awka-based hotel following reliable information from the state Ministry of Women and Social Welfare.
Ikenga assured that the rescued girls found in the brothel would be rehabilitated before they were repatriated to their various states of origin.
He disclosed that the girls were lured with some money to Awka from Ebonyi, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers states by the proprietor of the brothel, with a promise to give them more money to send to their parents in the village.
Ikenga stated, “Following the information received from the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare on Sunday at 6:00 p.m., police operatives stormed a hotel in Awka and rescued nine girls between the ages of 15 and 23 who were used as sex slaves and arrested the proprietor of the hotel.
“Meanwhile, further interrogations and confessions of the rescued girls revealed that the respective persons that brought them to the brothel lured or enticed them with the assurance of giving them jobs to alleviate the poverty and needs of their parents and dependents.
The state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement that the police carried out the operation on the Awka-based hotel following reliable information from the state Ministry of Women and Social Welfare.
Ikenga assured that the rescued girls found in the brothel would be rehabilitated before they were repatriated to their various states of origin.
He disclosed that the girls were lured with some money to Awka from Ebonyi, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers states by the proprietor of the brothel, with a promise to give them more money to send to their parents in the village.
Ikenga stated, “Following the information received from the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare on Sunday at 6:00 p.m., police operatives stormed a hotel in Awka and rescued nine girls between the ages of 15 and 23 who were used as sex slaves and arrested the proprietor of the hotel.
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