Men of Ogun state Police Command have rescued 22 teenage girls allegedly lured from Akwa Ibom to Ogun State for prostitution.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in Abeokuta that the girls were rescued in Itele Ota after the police got the information that the minors were being recruited from other states and used as commercial sex workers at one hotel in the area.
Mr Oyeyemi said the teenagers whose ages are between 10 and 14 years claimed that they were lured from their respective villages in Akwa-Ibom State to come to Ogun State, with the promise to employ them as sales girls in restaurants and supermarkets.
The command’s spokesman explained that the girls said they were transferred from Lagos to a brothel in Ogun State as commercial sex workers.
He said the teenagers told policemen that they were deprived of using phone or any communication devices, making it impossible for them to reach out to their parents or relations.
Mr Oyeyemi said the manager of the hotel, one Isaac Ogbaji and ten other male suspects were arrested during the operation.
Meanwhile, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun, has ordered the Family Support Unit of the Area Command Ota to identify the recruiting cartel and bring them to justice as soon as possible.
Olusegun Folarin
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