89 prostitutes prosecuted in Abuja

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February 8, 2017 4:09 PM

A total of 89 commercial sex workers have been arrested at different locations in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

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A whopping 89

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The prostitutes who were prosecuted, according to the Acting Director of the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services, Wadata Aliyu Bodinga, were handed over to Social Development Secretariat for rehabilitation.

Bodinga disclosed that during the one-week operation of the Task Team, more than 20 brothels dotting the city and some satellite towns were raided with over 104 ladies of the night arrested at different locations.

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Bodinga added that the prostitutes were constituting a nuisance to the society while some of them harboured criminals who use the brothels as their hideouts.

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