2 Male Sex Workers Arrested In Popular Hotel
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
These days, men appeared to be competing with women in prostitution following the recent discovery in a popular hotel in Lagos where male sex workers were arrested.
Two men, Mr. Ben Thomas and his colleague, Mr. Oshileye Idowu, were arrested for engaging themselves as sex workers; trading their bodies in romps for fees in a popular hotel Lagos.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects were arrested at the popular Grand Hotel located at Obawole area in Ifako Ijaiye area of Lagos. Also arrested in the same hotel were female sex workers namely, Comfort Williams, Bright Sunday, Rejoice Simon and Opeyemi Akintosho.
The women were said to be operating in the same hotel with the male sex workers offering different kinds of sexual services as the clients demanded. It was gathered both the male and female workers there solicited for customers, committed other vices and threatened the peace in the area with violence over fights for clients.
However, their illicit activities got to the police who raided the place, arrested the suspects while others escaped and were said to be at large.
The police also recovered substances suspected to be Indian hemp, cough syrups, codeine tablets, tramadol tablets among others which they used in the course of their illicit activities.
They were charged before Ogba Magistrates court for trading their bodies and involving in illicit drugs dealings.
They pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Mr. Raphael Donny did not object their bail. Thus, the Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Adedayo granted them bail in the sum of N50,000 each with one surety in like sum.
They were remanded in prison custody pending when they will perfect their bail condition.
The matter was adjourned till 22nd July, 2018.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the arrest of the male workers surprised many people who resided in the area because they had believed it was only women that were into prostitution in the area.
The raid at the hotel has revealed that so many things had been going on in many hotels in the state including the activities of male sex workers not known to exist in the past.
