A Senior Magistrate, Mr K.O. Ogundare, on Thursday in Lagos
berated the police for arraigning nine suspected commercial sex workers
dressed indecently, with one of them covering her nakedness with
just a towel.The nine suspects were charged before an Ojokoro Magistrates' Court in Lagos along with their alleged pimps and customers on four counts of unlawful gathering, causing breach of peace, loitering and prostitution, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
"You should have allowed them dress properly; afterall they were not arrested in their bathroom.
"What if they are not able to perfect their bail condition, will they be remanded in prison like this?" Ogundare queried.
The magistrate directed the prosecutor to ensure that the ladies dress properly before they appear before the court on the next adjourned date.
The accused are Jennifer Osagie, 27; Caroline Omoroge, 28; Mabel Okeagbe, 24; Sharron Udu, 25; Philomena Oko, 26; Ada John, 25; Joyle Ojebulu, 26; Precious Blessing, 25 and Favour Osajomo, 24.
Others are Nurudeen Adetunji, 28; Yemi Abayomi; 30, Femi Ajala, 33; Afeez Obisesan, 26; Waheed Akinkunmi, 28; Akeem Liasu, 27 and Femi Aje, 30.
The prosecutor, Insp. Clara Olagbaiye, told the court the accused comprising nine women and seven men committed the offences on November 11 at Love Hole Hotel, Isuti, Egan/Igando Road, a suburb of Lagos, at 9.50 p.m.
"The sixteen of them gathered unlawfully and conducted themselves in manner likely to cause breach of peace ," she said.
According to the prosecutor, the women were loitering and soliciting for sex, while the men were pimps and some of their customers.
She said the offences contravened sections 44, 142 and 166 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Ogundare, thereafter, granted the sixteen persons N100, 000 bail each, with one surety each in like sum, and adjourned the case till January 7, 2013 for mention. (NAN
No comments:
Post a Comment