Civil Defence uncovers sex workers’ ring among students

•Arrests 10 ward heads for alleged fraud
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Borno State said yesterday it had uncovered a sex workers’ ring in colleges and tertiary institutions.
The Commandant, Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri, said the suspects were aged between 25 and below.
He added: “The sex workers have their facilitators and a chief pimp outside the schools, who communicate on how to arrange them. They charge from N10,000 and above for a night.
“The sex workers don’t go out looking for men, as they are patronised by visitors, who come into town for weekend or for a programme.
“Our investigation shows the teenagers are into nefarious activities, such as smoking cannabis sativa and abuse of Codein cough syrup.
“We appeal to parents to monitor their children. Bad friends cause this anti-social behaviour.”
The commandant, who said the suspects would be prosecuted, urged school authorities to monitor students.
NSCDC said it has arrested 10 ward heads in Maiduguri for alleged land grabbing and swindling.
Abdullahi said most of the heads had perpetrated more than five land fraud, with the connivance of civil servants.
He said: “The culprits take advantage of people who don’t check up on their land.
“Whenever they notice that a land owner is not around, they make fake papers and sell the plots to unsuspected individuals.
“There are instances where one plot is sold to five or six persons. They change their names during fraudulent transactions.
“We will get back the money of the people they have defrauded and arraign the suspected ward heads.”
The commandant said the Dispute Resolution Department of NSCDC recorded
38 cases of land grabbing allegedly perpetrated by ward heads in two months.
He advised the public to be wary of persons disguising as land owners, as some were out to defraud people.
|The Nation