Love John, a human trafficking victim has revealed that she slept with a total of 400 men in the space of five months.
The 22-year-old victim, and her sister, 23, identified as Happiness were both lured into the prostitution trade which had its headquarters situated in Sango Ota area of Ogun State by their eldest sister, Mary.
Mary, following the recruitment also tricked her cousin, Joy Lawrence into the shady trade on the grounds that she could provide them with a job to make a decent living.
According to Punch Metro, the girls fled the hotel on Monday when the pain they were being subjected to became unbearable. The girls noted that at the time they realized they had been trafficked, they were trapped and couldn’t get out early enough.
The ladies who charged between N500 and N700 for their services said they paid the sum of N200 per day being hotel rates and made a collective saving of about N340,000 within the period.
Love John while narrating her experience said: “I was learning tailoring in the village. My sister told me she could help me get a job in Lagos; she didn’t tell me that it was prostitution I was coming to do. After we got to Lagos, she said we should do this (prostitution) job so we can make money to be able to finish my craft as a tailor. I sleep with about four men in a day and each of them pay me at least N500.”
She added: “I didn’t go to school and I have not learnt any trade. I came to Lagos a few months ago. My sister didn’t tell me this was what I was coming to do in Lagos. She said it was a good job,”
Lawrence who fled the hotel on Monday said: “I ran away because I didn’t like the work. I don’t want to do it again. I never knew this was the job,
She continued: “I came to Lagos with a friend in 2014 and my friend introduced me to this job. We were first using a hotel called Happiness Hotel before we moved to Morning Star Hotel in Sango Ota.
“When I travelled to the village, my sisters started disturbing me that they wanted to follow me to Lagos to go and work.
“When they continued to disturb me, I decided to take them with me; but I didn’t tell them I was into prostitution. I told my mother I was working in a beer parlour.
“Each of us makes N2,500 to N3,000 daily. We sleep with an average of three to four men and they pay between N500 and N700.”
The hotel owner, Mrs. Rose said: “I warned Mary that the girls were too young, but she didn’t listen to me. I have 15 rooms in my hotel and I have seven girls, who were paying me N200 every day. If I had children of their age, I will not allow them do this,”
While handing over the victims to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other related matters, The Assistant Comptroller General of Immigration, Musa Maza said: “This is a human trafficking case in the form of enslavement and prostitution. The victims were forced into sex against their wish. Two of them actually escaped. The whereabouts of one is unknown, but the second victim contacted someone who brought her to the immigration office.
“Parents should be vigilant and wary of those who come for their children asking them to be released in search of greener pastures. We are handing them over to NAPTIP for prosecution. We believe this will serve as a deterrent to those that will want to engage in this useless business.”
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