Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have rescued 22 underage girls between the ages of 10 and 14 who were taken from Akwa-Ibom to Ogun State for prostitution.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said they were rescued on friday by the police team led by Area Commander Ota, ACP Muhideen Obe at Itele Ota.
Oyeyemi said the operation followed credible intelligence that minors were being recruited from other states and used as commercial sex workers at KOLAB hotel in Itele Ota.
DSP Oyeyemi noted the officers stormed the said hotel at about 8 pm, where the 22 girls were rescued.
“Upon interrogation, the girls narrated how they were lured from their respective villages in Akwa Ibom state to come to Ogun state, with the promise to employ them as sales girls in restaurants and supermarkets, only for them to get to Lagos and transferred to a brothel in Ogun state as commercial sex workers”.
According to the command spokesman, the girls were deprived of using phones or any communication devices, therefore, making it impossible for them to reach out to their parents or relations.
“A 33 year old and manager of the hotel Isaac Ogbaji and ten other male suspects were also said to have been arrested during the operation”.
