Police in Anambra State Discover Sex Slave Hotel, arrested the Proprietor.
Following the information received from Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare yesterday 18/6/2023 by 6:00 pm, Police Operatives stormed a hotel in Awka and rescued 9 girls within the age bracket of 15-23 years, used for sex slaves and arrested the proprietor of the hotel.
Meanwhile the rescued girls, reveal that the respective persons that brought them to the brothel lured and entice them on the assurances of giving them jobs to alleviate poverty and immediate needs of their parents and dependents.
They further confessed that they were being taken from Ebonyi, Enugu, Akwa-Ibom, and Rivers States.
The Police Command in collaboration with the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare is to make sure the girls are taken care of and safely returned to their parents and guardians.
The Command has condemned the act and frowned at such persons who take advantage of vulnerable individuals to make money and describe such places as a den where criminals take refuge. We urge the good people of Anambra to continue to provide the police with information about such places as the joint operations to weed such harbour has commenced. You are encouraged to call the Command Control Room number 07039194332 or PRO on 08039334002. Be assured that all information passed through these channels shall be treated with the utmost confidentiality.
The case has since been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department Awka SCID, for comprehensive investigation and shall be charged to court afterward.
DSP Ikenga Tochukwu,
PPRO Anambra State Police Command
19th June 2023
