Woman Arrested For Luring Schoolgirls Into Prostitution In Lagos

A woman identified as Chinonso Okolokwo has
been paraded alongside some criminals by the
Lagos State Police Command for allegedly
recruiting young schoolgirls as commercial s*x
workers in a hotel in Surulere during school hours
The suspect who is a widow has maintained her
innocence on the charge leveled against her
claiming she is also a commercial s*x worker at
the said hotel.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command,
Mr. Fatai Owoseni, while briefing newsmen,
revealed that the suspect’s method was to lure the
students from different secondary schools around
Surulere to the hotel.
The CP added that the woman would give the
students clothes to change into and use them as
s*x slaves until school closing hours. Some of the
students, as gathered, went home with between
N1,000 and N2,000, depending on the number of
men they attended to. But the amount, it was
learned, was just 10 percent of what was paid by
their male customers, while the rest was allegedly
pocketed by their managers, among who is the
Okolokwo.
The suspect in an interview with Vanguard
Newspaper said: “I do not know anything about
the schoolgirls. I am also a ‘hustler’ at Sunderland
Hotel.
I took to prostitution after the death of my
husband 11 years ago. I have four children, but two
died before my husband.
“I lodged at the hotel for a week or two before
going home to take care of my children with the
proceeds. Several girls from Abuja and other parts
of the country come there to hustle as well.
“Police raided the hotel and arrested me. I am not
connected with what they alleged.”
The Commissioner of Police said investigation was
still ongoing to ascertain whether there was
connivance between management of the hotel, the
school authorities, the suspect and her fleeing
cohorts.