An underage girl rescued from a brothel in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has disclosed the dire ordeal she had to go through to make money for her employer.
The girl stated that she was forced to sleep with more than 10 men in a day and subsequently hand over the money to her madam.
The Nigerian Navy, in collaboration with the Nigeria Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, raided two brothels on Saturday and rescued 50 teenage prostitutes.
Speaking with newsmen, the teenager revealed that she was brought from her village in Anambra State under the pretext of working as a house help.
However, on getting to Port Harcourt she was forced into prostitution.
She said: “One of my village women (trafficker) brought me and two other girls from our village with the impression that we are coming to serve in a hotel.
“Shortly after we arrived at the hotel, she (trafficker) went outside and collected money from one woman (brothel operator). That was the last time I saw her (trafficker). Later, the woman, simply known as madam, put us in a room and told us that we would work as Ashawo (prostitute).”
The teenager explained that she initially declined the job but when her employer threatened her with torture she had to give in.
“In a day I sleep with more than 10 men, and whatever money I make, I give it to my madam. We hustle by wearing pants to seduce the men. After admiring what they see, they (men) take us into the room; have sex with us and give us money.
“We do a daily account of any money we collect to our madam’s sister, who calculates and gives us our cut,” she added.
