Police
detectives have arrested a 32-year-old Lebanese, Jack Sankary, who is in the
habit of defiling underage girls in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Patience
Godwin, who recruits girls for the Lebanese is currently undergoing
interrogation at the state CID.
Patience was
arrested at her hideout in Odopetu area of Akure metropolis and one 14-year-old
girl about to be taken to the Lebanese rescued, according to reports.
A
middle-aged woman, Chinwe Chinasa, has also been arrested for allegedly
trafficking six young girls to Libya for prostitution.
The state
Police command said she was arrested at the Olufoam area of Federal Housing
Estate, Shagari Village in Akure following intelligence reports.
Police
Public Relations Officer, Wole Ogodo, said after the raid on the hideout, it
was discovered that the six young girls had been prepared for the journey to
Libya, noting that part of the preparation was shaving of their hairs and
cutting of their nails.
He assured
that investigation was ongoing to apprehend all her collaborators.
Ogodo added
that some Nigerian international passports, cheque books of different banks and
fake Naira notes were recovered from the suspected trafficker’s house.
Speaking while
being paraded by the police, Chinasa said she picked four of the girls from a
hotel in Asaba, Delta State.
Some of the
girls confirmed that the suspect deceived their parents that she was going to
help them look for jobs and not prostitution.
They alleged
that they were virgins before they were lured into the illicit business by the
suspect.
They however
pleaded that the police should temper justice with mercy since they were
deceived into the trade by the suspect. Ogodo said the suspects will be charged
to court after completion of investigation.
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