Four Lagos prostitutes sentenced to 200 hours community service.

A Tinubu Magistrate’s Court has sentenced four women to 200 hours of community service after they pleaded guilty to the charge of prostitution brought against them by the police.

The women-Blessing Esu, 28, Nancy Brownson, 35, Patricia Timba, 34 and Josephine Idoga, 21- were asked to sweep and clean the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court and its environs for the period of the punishment.

The police had told the court that the ladies were caught on November 11, 2013 and on different streets soliciting customers.

The investigating police officer said the raid on them was conducted around 2.25am in the Victoria Island area of Lagos.

The one count read, “That you, Blessing Esu, Nancy Brownson, Patricia Timba, and Josephine Idoga, on November 11, 2013, at  2.25am within different streets in Victoria Island, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District were found loitering for purpose of prostitution within banks vicinity.”

The prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Okoye, said the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 166(a)(ii) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.

The magistrate, Ms A.O Awogboro, accepted their guilty plea and said they must serve the 200 hours under the supervision of a community officer.

 

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