Legalize Prostitution Or Give Us Jobs – Sex Workers Beg Buhari

Following the spate police raid in the country's capital territory, where over 3,000 prostitutes have been arreste, sex workers have reportedly thronged the streets of Abuja requesting that prostitution be legalized.

The group rallied under the slogan "Legalize prostitution now" and "Allow us to hustle for our daily bread", protesting harassment from law enforcement agencies.

It would be recalled that in the last 3months, more than 3,000 commercial sex workers have been arrested in Abuja in raid carried out by Special Task Force on City Cleaning and Management.

The women standing in for National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes expressed disappointment at what they called discrimination and indiscriminate arrests and molestation on daily basis.

One of the women, who preferred anonymity said: “We are Nigerians too and we only go about seeking our daily livelihood, so I see no reason why they should be harassing, arresting us and extorting money from us.” 

“These same men are the ones who patronize us but during the day, they will be molesting us. What crimes have we committed? Many of us are graduates who could not secure jobs, so we hustle to make ends meet. We have families and responsibilities to meet, so they should allow us to work and make money.”