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'We No Go Gree' Abuja prostitutes protest
incessant arrest by officials , Some
prostitutes in Abuja have taken to the
streets to protest against indiscriminate
arrest and extortion by the law enforcement
agencies.
More than 500 commercial sex workers in
Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, took to
the streets protesting the incessant and
indiscriminate arrests and extortion of their
members by the FCT Special Task Team on
City Cleaning and Management, reports say.
The prostitutes under the aegis of the
National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes
(NANP), expressed their anger after more
than 3,000 of their members were arrested
in various raids in the last three months by
the FCT officials in different parts of the
capital city.
Parading the town with different placards
with inscriptions like:
'Ashewo work na work'; 'Allow us to hustle
for our daily bread'; and 'Legalize
prostitution now', the scarlet ladies showed
their dismay at the way their members are
molested daily by different task forces and
security operatives.
One of the ladies who said her name is
Loveth, narrated their experiences to our
source:
"We are Nigerians too and we only go
about seeking our daily livelihood, so I see
no reason why they should be harassing,
arresting us and extorting money from us.
These same men are the ones who
patronize us but during the day, they will be
molesting us.
What crimes have we committed? Many of
us are graduates who could not secure
jobs, so we hustle to make ends meet. We
have families and responsibilities to meet,
so they should allow us to work and make
money.
Many of us do not like selling ourselves for
money but what can we do? We are not
thieves; we are not members of the political
class who steal Nigeria's money. If the
government want us to stop what we are
doing, they should provide jobs for us. We
are tired of the daily harassment.
Enough is enough; prostitution should be
legalized in Nigeria."