Ipodo community decries conversion of residential buildings to brothels

RESIDENTS of Ipodo area in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State, have cried out at the rate at which people now convert residential buildings to brothels.Brothels are common in Ipodo area of Ikeja and men of the Nigeria Police have raided them on several occasions.A community leader and a landlord in the area, Chief Tayo Alabi, lamented that some shylock people now convert their residential building to brothels. Apart from that, he alleged that people bring very small girls from other states for use as prostitutes.'It is very unfortunate that some people have sold their conscience because of money. They brought these young girls between age 13 and 18 for prostitution in Lagos'.He lamented that the mode of dressing of these prostitutes called for concern as they may serve as bad influence on children.'We want the government to come to our aid by flushing out these prostitutes from the brothels. We don't want them in our neighborhood as they are bad influence on our children'.He lamented that efforts of the men of the police to curb the menace have not yielded result. 'Police always come to harass them and take them away, but they always resurface after some hours. We believe the police cannot handle the situation'.He, however, called on the state and the local government to intervene. 'We want government to revoke the license of such buildings. The buildings are residential but these people now used them for commercial ,so the best thing is for the government to revoke their licenses, he stated.
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