Police arraign four women for prostitution
A 58-year-old woman, Sandra Akomake,
was on Wednesday remanded in Kirikiri Prison by a Lagos State
Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere after pleading guilty to a one-count
charge of prostitution.
Akomake and four other women – Helen Ugw
u (34), Chika Okoro (40),
Roseline Jebba (43) and Ordega Theresa (61) were arrested by police on
Tuesday night for allegedly soliciting for sex in exchange for money.
They were arraigned before Mrs. S. K. Matepo and the prosecutor,
Sergeant Nicholas Akeene, told the court that the five women committed
the offence at about 11:00pm at Thompson Avenue, Ikoyi on Tuesday.
He said their offence contravened Section 142 (1) (a) (b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
Ugwu, Okoro and Jebba pleaded guilty to the single count charge, but
61-year-old Theresa, the fifth defendant, denied the allegation.
“I know nothing about this,” the sexagenarian said.
Her counsel, S.A. Owhoraye, said she was a trader and applied for her bail.
The magistrate, Mrs. Matepo, granted Theresa bail in the sum of N50,000 and two sureties in like sum.
She remanded the other women in prison and adjourned the case till November 30 for facts and sentencing.
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