NEWS: 9jarian prostitute cries out.

Professional prostitutes in Nigeria have accused the country’s police of forcefully sleeping with them without protection.
File photo of group protesting for the recognition of prostitutes in Nigeria
This, according to the prostitutes, is among the ill-treatment meted out on them each time they are raided by the law enforcement agents.
The Will reports that they made the allegation through the Ohotu Diamond Women Initiative (ODWI), a community network for prostitutes and called for help from the authorities.
In a statement the organisation sent out, the prostitutes disclosed that they have now become endangered species and target of randy policemen.
They said the policemen constantly harass them, raid them and rape them without protecting themselves.
“Sex workers deserve the basic respect and protection from violence that each nation owes its citizens. But in many settings, police abuse of sex workers receives scant public attention despite its entrenched global reality
“Many of us face violence and discrimination on a regular basis. Regardless of which state or tribe we are from, many of us have experienced being raped, verbally, emotionally and physically abused by police, clients and community members.
“There is an unfair discrimination from service providers.
“Sex workers are not protected or defended by the law when they are exploited and abused. We demand that these violations stop immediately and decisive action taken against perpetrators.
“Time without number, the policemen break our doors to start packing us like goats to the station.
“If you don’t have money to bail yourself, they will say they want to sleep with you unprotected which is very bad.
“As a woman in the brothel, we protect ourselves, we use condoms, but with the policemen, you don’t have a say,” the statement said.
The report also quoted Magaret Onah, executive director SafeHeaven Development Initiative, as criticising the raid on these prostitutes by policemen.
“It is dehumanising when policemen abuse sex workers the way they do. We are using this channel to voice out our pains in the course of survival.
“The government needs to do something about it.
“It is better if sex workers are charged to court than naming them, harassing them, stealing their money, stealing their properties, and having sex with them unprotected.
“The police needs to re-strategise. The fact that sex work is illegal doesn’t mean that they should kill anyone they find doing the job.
“Sex workers are citizen of this country first of all, and they need to be respected like every other citizen,” he said.
Sex workers are often harassed by law enforcement.