Commercial sex workers
numbering over 2000 took over the streets of Awka, the Anambra State
capital on Friday, August 14, protesting the demolition of over 50
brothels in the state by the Anambra State Urban Development Board
(ASUDEB), thereby rendering them homeless and out of business.
The prostitutes were mad at
the state government for ordering the sacking of their abodes at the
popular cattle market at Amansea, in Awka North Local Government Area of
the state, disrupting traffic and commercial activities.
According
to reports, the angry harlots also set the remaining structures in the
market on fire while accusing the ASUDEP officials of bias and high
handedness.
The Board stormed the place some days
earlier and brought down the several brothels dotting the area, the
brothels were being used by kidnappers.
Speaking
on their plight, the leader of the prostitutes who said her name was
Racghael, accused the government officials of being wicked and inhuman
as they 'destroyed their brothel without notice, leaving behind some
huts, kiosks and canteens that belong to the Hausa cattle traders.'
But
the General manager of the ASUDEP, Enemmuo Nathan Chinedu, said the
exercise was part of the state chief executive, Governor Willie Obiano’s
resolve to rid the state of all forms of crime and criminality, adding
that the structures demolished were illegal buildings in Amansea Garriki
where prostitutes, kidnappers and armed robbers reside.
“A
lot of prostitutes live around Amansea cattle market, spoiling our
children and constituting a nuisance in the area; and you know that
anywhere there is brothel, criminals and kidnappers hover around there.
In
my capacity as the ASUDEB GM, I will ensure that this doesn’t exist
anymore in the state; and our activities are in line with our amiable
governor’s policy on zero-tolerance to criminals and kidnappers in the
State.”
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