On Tuesday September 2015 the
state police raided Peace Garden Hotel also known as `Flower Mills Joint’ and
arrested fifty-four prostitutes and fifty-six clients according to Punch
report.
The operation was led by
the Cross River State Security Adviser, Mr. Jude Ngaji.
Addressing journalists
after the raid which lasted for about four hours, Ngaji said the hotel had been
turned into a brothel for commercial s3x workers in Calabar. He added that the
brothel had been used for criminal activities, selling of drugs and a hideout
for criminals in the area.
According to him, the
office of the State Security Adviser, in collaboration with security agents in
the state, is working to ensure that criminals and prostitut3s are shown the
way out of the state.
He said,
“In collaboration with the office of the
Area Command in Calabar, we used 11 trucks in conveying the girls and men to
the Command.
“Each time you pass here at night, you
find under-aged girls of about 13 and 14 years standing by and waiting for men.
This place has become an area of concern to the state and Cross Riverians.
“This place has become a Sodom and
Gomorrah in Cross River and the raid was carried out to stop prostitution and
criminality in the state. All the girls that were caught here are prostitutes
and some of them were caught in compromising positions.
“There is no law that legalizes prostitution
in Nigeria. The girls will be tried in court and we will ensure that they are
returned back to their respective states.” He advised teenage girls to take their
studies seriously and engage themselves in meaningful activities, rather than
choosing the path of prostitution as a means of livelihood.
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