Over 2000 prostitutes in Anambra state were last weekend rendered homeless and flushed out of business by the Anambra State Govt.
The Anambra State Urban Development Board (ASUDEB) at the cattle market, Amansea, in Awka North LGA of Anambra State, last weekend, rendered homeless and flushed out of business over 2000 commercial sex workers in the state.
It was learnt that the ASUDEB rounded up the place at 3:12 pm with over 50 armed police personnel, saying that the brothels were being used by kidnappers. The visibly angry prostitutes quickly mobilised and set the remaining structures in the cattle market ablaze shortly after the demolition, accusing the ASUDEP officials of ‘bias’.
The General Manager of ASUDEB, Mr. Enemmuo Nathan Chinedu, who led the operation, addressed newsmen and said the exercise is part of Governor Willie Obiano’s resolve to rid the state of all crime and criminality, adding that the structures demolished were illegal buildings in Amansea Garriki where prostitutes, kidnappers and armed robbers reside.
“A lot of prostitutes live around Amansea cattle market, spoiling our children and constituting a nuisance in the area; and you know that anywhere there is brothel, criminals and kidnappers hover around there.
In my capacity as the ASUDEB GM, I will ensure that this doesn’t exist anymore in the state; and our activities are in line with our amiable governor’s policy on zero-tolerance to criminals and kidnappers in the State,” he said.
Alhaji Bello Maigari, the Secretary of the cattle market, who spoke on the allegation of bias by the prostitutes in the demolition exercise, stressed that all illegal structures in the market were earmarked by ASUDEB 21 days ago, saying that their wives’ canteen were not part of the ones marked for demolition.
“Ashawo (prostitution) is not part of our business here. Our main business is selling and buying of cows, and the idea of the demolition is to remove all illegal structures used for prostitution.
The ones they did not demolish are the places where our cattle dealers that come from the North stay and canteens where our wives cook for our customers, but those ones have been razed by the inferno,” he regretted.
Source: The Sun