How
prostitutes now operate in Abuja
Since open prostitution was banned
in Abuja in June 2013, sex workers in the state have devised various means to
meet with their ‘customers’.
One of this means is the experience
shared by Isaac Anumihe on The Sun. Read the mind-blowing experience below:
But as he later found out, that was
not their main product. “Kindly help us
buy, sir”, the girls pleaded. He could not fathom why the girls would expect
anyone in his right senses to buy drugs that have outlived their shelf life and
the relevant authorities did not bother to arrest them. Just then, the girl
standing by the driver’s door saw another car pull up and rushed towards it,
leaving her colleague at the other side of the car.
Before Musa could say a word, the
girl opened the door, sat inside the car and introduced another product, which
explained why they were there. With innocent smile, she said: “Sir, we also sell manpower. Try out this one
and you can have fun with a woman for four hours non-stop!” Narrating his
experience, Musa stated that in his bid not to dismiss her rudely, he told the
girl that his wife was not in Abuja and so he would not buy the drug. ‘
As if that was what the girl waited
for, she quickly replied: ‘But I am here.
If you can buy this drug, you can test the efficacy on me without paying.’
It was about 9 pm and the girl insisted to go home with Musa! He refused to say
what followed the unusual offer.
Daily, and in many parts of the FCT,
young girls, many in their teens, hawk sex power-boosting drugs, and offering
to be used to prove their efficacy. Investigation reveals that buy-drug-for
free-sex is one of the various strategies adopted by wayward and desperate
girls to survive the hard times after the official ban on prostitution in Abuja
in June 2013.
The girls usually position
themselves strategically in busy areas in the metropolis such as AYA, Area 3
(where there is a cluster of banks), Banex Plaza, Wuse Zone 4 (near Shagalinku
Hotel, and old Sahad supermarket), Area 3 and Gimbia Street in Area 11parts of
the capital city. One of the girls (names withheld) told Abuja Metro that she
sells the ‘manpower’ drugs for between N1,000 and N2,000 depending on the
bargaining power of the buyer. According to her, the fee for free sex with
interested buyers is padded into the cost of the drugs.
Another sales girl in the team said
not all men jump at the weird offer. She confessed that some of their customers
would simply believe the efficacy of the drugs and buy them without using them
as guinea pigs, while some men pick the drugs because of the sex bonus attached
to the purchases.
A man who simply identified himself
as Haruna, told Abuja Metro that he had patronised the girls but, he doubted
the efficacy of the drugs. His words: “One
of those girls deceived me to buy the drug for N2,000 and lured me to a nearby
guest house where I took the brownish powdery substance but I could not perform
beyond my normal rounds.”
“Forget
those girls. They are just extorting money from unsuspecting people. The drugs
do not work. But there are two deals in one. So, you can have one and lose one.
At all at all na him bad”, he said
in pidgin English.
