The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) raided and sealed a hotel known as Thales Guest House in Kubwa, Abuja, arrested three suspects and took custody of 12 young girls for alleged forced prostitution.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team of NAPTIP caught the suspects unaware at a hotspot known as Pipeline in Kubwa village in Abuja on Thursday night.
NAN observed that some of the under aged girls were caught on the act of having a sexual intercourse with men while some were seen only on panties and bras in the premises of the hotel.
Speaking with newsmen after the raid, the NAPTIP Director of Investigation and Monitoring, Mr Josiah Emerole said that the hotel which used underaged girls for forced prostitution had become notorious over time.
Emerole explained that the guest house had been under surveillance and the watch list of his agency as several complains and reports had been received from the neighbourhood.
“The hotel has been on our watch list because people living in that area brought complain on how teenagers are used for a forced prostitution.
“We investigated and decided to strike and we chose a time that we will meet the suspects and the victims right there at the hotel” he said.
He disclosed that three suspects who were mainly women and the manager of the hotel were arrested while 12 girls were rescued.
“We will interrogate the young girls Friday so that we will be able to separate the adult from minors”
Emerole said that investigation was ongoing adding that if the suspects were culpable, they would be prosecuted accordingly.
