We Remit N40K Daily To Our Madam For Giving Us Out To Men – Rescued Sex Slaves

Sex slaves liberated in a brothel in Awka, Anambra State have admitted that they were paying back their ‘madam’ N40,000 daily for giving them out to men. The victims, between the ages of 15 to 25 years said they were mandated to these eturthesesturn N10,000 to N15,000 each night while each man they slept with paid them about N1,000 which they kept for then narrating their ordeal, the victims said they were brought to Awka by one Ifeoma and Chika from their place in Izza, Ebonyi State on the promise of securing a job for them but were forced into prostitution.

One of them said, “The women who brought us to the brothel, seized our phones and other belongings before handing us over to another woman called Ezenwannyi who notified us that before we will be released, we must bring the sum of N150,000 or serve her for one year.“We were able to use a whistleblowers phone to get across to our family and the whistle blower in turn notified the Women’s Affairs ministry who with the help of the police burst into the brothel.”One of the victims’ parents, Mrs Uchechi Friday said immediately after her daughter got missing, she complained to the Police station in Abakaliki.“I was shocked when I got a call from my daughter which made me seek help from the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare,” she said.

Appreciating the Commissioner for her prompt response, Uchechi urged other parents to always be alert for their children’s welfare and whereabouts. Reacting, Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ify Obinabo restated the government’s resolve in ending all forms of child kidnap, trafficking and sexual slavery in the state. She warned hotel owners to desist from using underage girls in running their businesses or face the law, assuring that the case which had already received the attention of Governor Chukwuma Soludo would not be treated with levity. While recounting how her Ministry was able to apprehend the suspect in collaboration with the Police after a tip-off from a whistle-blower, Obinabo said she had since contacted victims’ family members after taking them to hospital for medical examination and possible treatment.

“The case has since been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Awka for comprehensive investigation and consequently charged to court,” she added.