No fewer than forty-one alleged prostitutes, 99 percent of whom are Nigerians, have been arrested by the Weija District Police Command in Ghana.
Chief Inspector Diana Eninful, who led the operation, said they were arrested around a place called Choice, where several drinking joints operate at night.
Eninful said the police received several reports from residents in the area about the activities of the prostitutes, which have turned the vicinity into a haven for drug peddlers and armed robbers.
As stated by her, the police acted based on the complaints received from residents in the area.
She noted that the police surveyed and subsequently arrested 41 of the prostitutes, most of whom were said to be Nigerians aged between 18 and 25 years.
Eninful maintained the prostitutes, sometimes intentionally accuse passers-by of refusing to pay them after allegedly having enjoyed their services, and, so, pounce on such innocent people with the help of their gangs of pimps – a situation she said has brought insecurity to the whole neighbourhood.
Similarly, the police arrested fourteen men for allegedly soliciting the services of the prostitutes.