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Pastor jailed for 14 years for luring young girls into prostitution

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Prostitutes A Federal High Court sitting at Ikeja, this morning sentenced the General Overseer of Christ Redemption Apostolic Church, Pastor Eunice Owoyele to 14 years imprisonment for child trafficking. Her church is situated at 15, Olaoye Ogunyemi Street, Off Powerline, Ikorodu, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Also sentenced along with Pastor Eunice Owoyele, 40, is one of her accomplices, Mariam Mohammed, a.k.a. Mama Blessing, 50. Mariam will also stay behind bars for 14 years. They were jailed for luring an 18-year old girl from Nigeria to Libya for prostitution. The offence was committed in August 2010 in Lagos. The two convicts were arraigned before the court on 4 February this year on a three count criminal charge of organising foreign travels for young girls for prostitution abroad especially in Libya,

Let's Legalize prostitution in Nigeria - Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu

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Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu asked the Senate to consider the possibility of legalising prostitution in the country. Speaking during debate on a motion on the scourge of human trafficking in the country, Ekweremadu said since it has become impossible to

Police arrest 14 teenage prostitutes in Ogun State, Nigeria

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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 14 teenagers, who were allegedly forced into prostitution. Spokesperson for the command, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, an assistant superintendent of police, told PUNCH METRO that the brothel not only harboured commercial sex workers but also served as a hideout for hoodlums in the area. He said, “Based on recent directives to the force given by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nicholas Nkemdeme, to embark on constant raid of black spots, the policemen attached to Ajuwon Division, led by

Details of how I Left Prostitution - Joy Chidima Jessica Uzochukwu

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Good afternoon Joy, what name were you bearing while prostituting? l never changed my name. My name is Joy Chidima Jessica Uzochukwu How did you come across Stop Hurting? How l came about Stop Hurting was that one night, I just woke up when my friend called me around 12 ,1 in the middle of the night, I woke my friend up lets go, out but she refused to go out that night ,l was not used to going out alone, we used to go together because we are many in the room. When they refused, l dressed up because that person that called me was really waiting for me. When l was going, at my junction, l met one lady coming towards me, she stopped me and asked me of my name, where l was going, l told her. She told me to enter her car that she will take me home and make me feel better, l refused, but later, l decided to follow her and l entered her car but on a second thought, l told her to drop me that l want to go back to the club. l really wanted to club that night, so she...