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Men of Ogun State Police Command have rescued 22 teenage girls between 10 and 14 years that were reportedly lured from Akwa Ibom State to Ogun State for prostitution. Spokesperson for the police in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Saturday in a statement.  Oyeyemi said the command got credible information that minors were being recruited as sex workers. He said the police in an operation, coordinated by the Area Commander, Ota, ACP Muhideen Obe, stormed a hotel about 8:00pm on Friday and rescued 22 teenagers.
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 He said, “The police in an operation, coordinated by the Area Commander, Ota, ACP Muhideen Obe, the police team, upon credible intelligence received, that minors were being recruited from other states and used as commercial sex workers at KOLAB hotel in Itele-Ota, stormed the said hotel at about 8pm, where the 22 teenagers whose ages are between 10 and 14yrs were rescued. “On 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 as commercial sex workers. READ ALSO: I believe in one Nigeria–Rotimi Akeredolu “They narrated further that, they were deprived of using phone or any communication devices, therefore, making it impossible for them to reach out to their parents or relations. “The manager of the hotel one Isaac Ogbaji, 33, and 10 other male suspects were also arrested during the operation.” The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered that the family support unit of the Area Command, Ota, should take over the investigation of the case.
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