The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, has arrested a woman, Susan John, for alleged child trafficking.
John, who is also suspected to be a prostitute, was apprehended on Tuesday with six others at a brothel, Royal Crown Hotel, on Car Street, Akure, the state capital.
While parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters, the Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC in the state, Mr. Kayode Balogun, explained that the suspects were apprehended for their involvement in trafficking one Faith Ekepemephia, from her hometown to Akure for prostitution He said officials of the command went after the suspects following a tip-off from some residents living around the brothel.
Balogun added that the command conducted its own investigation and found out that the suspects were really involved in the act.
He said officials of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other related offences would conduct further investigation after handing them over to the agency.
He said, “The act is totally unacceptable and wrong for the society. We will hand them over to NAPTIP for further questioning.”
Narrating her ordeal, the victim, said she was lured from her hometown in Akwa Ibom to Akure with the promise that she would work as a housemaid, but later discovered she had been recruited into a prostitute ring.
“A girl from my village in Akwa Ibom who resides in Akure, Ondo State, told me that one woman she worked with needed the service of a house help.
“The girl told me that I would be helping the woman with house chores and she would pay me monthly.” She further explained that when she got to Akure, she was lodged in a brothel, where she was told that she was brought to become a prostitute.
“I arrived at Akure last week Tuesday for the job only to discover that it was a prostitute work that I was brought here to do.
“I told her that I want to go back to my village as this was not the type of work she told me about, but she threatened me.”
Ekpemephia further revealed that she ran away, as she was already tired of maltreatment.
“The woman collected the service money from me anytime I went to meet with a man. I have made up to N6,000 and slept with more than three men since last week,” she said.
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