Crime
Hotel turns baby factory, keeps 35 teenagers as sex workers, producers
No fewer than 35 teenagers between 14 years and 17 years have been rescued from sex slavery at a hotel Nkpor, Idemili GA, Anambra.
DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, police spokesman in the state, said this in a statement issued in Awka on Wednesday.
Four of the rescued victims were pregnant.
According to him, police operatives combed the hotel on June 13 and rescued the girls being used as sex slaves, prostitutes and baby producers.
“The victims shall be handed to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for their welfare and rehabilitation,’’ he said
Three persons were arrested in connection with the crime and that three pump action guns, seven cartridges and N877,500 were recovered.
-
Business6 days agoAbuja gears up for Jetour T2’s rugged-luxury experience
-
News5 days agoUK, Canada pledge closer cooperation on trade, defence and AI
-
Business1 week agoNigeria Business Outlook: Dangote IPO, markets, inflation and naira in focus this week
-
Business1 week agoDangote IPO rush crashes Bamboo login as investors flood platform
-
Business6 days agoTinubu’s economic reforms face public confidence test as cost-of-living crisis persists
-
Business6 days agoDangote: Petrol price gap fuels smuggling as Nigeria faces fresh pump price surge
-
Business3 days ago
Dangote Refinery IPO: Can small investors really make money from the shares?
-
Comments and Issues4 days agoWavy fuel prices and deepening cost-of-living crises in Nigeria