Some teenage girls trafficked from the eastern part of the country to Delta for pr0stitution, have been rescued by the Delta State Police Command during a raid at a hotel in Ughelli.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 18, 2024, said preliminary investigation revealed that one Chinyere lures the teenage girls from their parents with the promise to engage them as sales girls in Delta State.
According to the PPRO, police arrested some suspects including a 36-year-old woman identified as Chioma Edafe, who runs the hotel.
Acting on credible information received by the Command on the activities of one Chinyere (surname unknown) who specializes in trafficking women from the East and brings them to Ughelli Delta State for pr0stitution,” the statement read.
