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A renowned Activist And Actress, Dorothy Njemanze, says some of the 70 girls allegedly arrested by men of the Utako Police station in Abuja, have accused some of the officers of forcefully having s*x with them using pure water sachets as protection instrument as a replacement for their inability to give the police officers #5,000

Recall that over the weekend, a Nigerian lawyer, Mart Obono, came on twitter to announce that over 70 girls accused of engaging in prostitution, had been arrested by officers of the Utako Police station and were made to spend the weekend at the station.

Njemanze who went with her team to see some of the girls as they were arraigned before a mobile court at the Area 10 old Parade ground in Abuja, said the girls were denied access to their family members and were also threatened to plead guilty. The ladies were asked to pay a fine of N5000 or have sex with the police men.

The Police Force is yet to issue an official statement three days after the incident. Attempts to reach the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, for a reaction on the incident failed as he disconnected several phone calls from Pulse.

However, the Head of the Force Public Complaint Response Unit, ACP Yomi Shogunle, reiterated to “those making noise on the clampdown on prostitutes” that sex work is illegal in Nigeria. Posting the tweet on his Twitter account (@YomiShogunle)on Tuesday, he said prostitution is a sin under two main religions of FCT residents.

Shogunle, a controversial figure, further said the medical field says prostitution is spreading sexually transmitted diseases like HIV and also serves as a lifeline of violent criminals.

He concluded by declaring that Nigerian culture frowns on prostitution and that prostitutes don’t pay tax to the government.

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