"I AND MY COLLEAGUES NOW COLLECTS 1,000NAIRA FROM CUSTOMERS "SEX WOKER REVEALED IN LAGOS STATE

Among the sex workers rescued in Lagos, one has said she and her colleagues now collect N1,000 from customers due to economic constraints caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

She was among the 24 girls, who were trafficked from Akwa Ibom State to Lagos for prostitution, rescued at Abbatoir, Agege, area of the state by the Police, on Thursday.

Four men, suspected to have brought the girls to Lagos, were arrested.

girls, whose ages were between 13 and  22 years, lived in shanties, where their male customers patronised them.

They revealed during interrogation that they collected N1,500 from their male customers, but had to reduce the price because of the impact of the COVID-19.

Activities of the traffickers came to limelight following a report of the disappearance of one of the girls by her relatives in Akwa Ibom State.

It was gathered that during investigation, she was traced to the shanties in Agege, where she was engaged as a commercial sex worker.

Surprisingly, a team of policemen who went for her rescue, discovered that she was not the only one brought into the state by the syndicate.

During profiling, one of them disclosed that she was 13 years old.