Operatives of Anambra state police command have rescued nine female victims of sex slavery in Awka,the state capital.
The Police have however, arrested the proprietor of the hotel where the girls, aged between 15 and 23, were being harboured for the immoral business.
The spokesperson of the Anambra State police command,DSP, Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the incident on Monday.
Tochukwu said the rescue of the girls and arrest of the owner of hotel followed a tip off received from the state Ministry of Women and Social Welfare.
He explained that investigation by the police showed that the affected girls were drawn from different states in the South East and South South, including Ebonyi, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Rivers.
He disclosed further that the girls confessed that the people who brought them and lured them into the immoral act had earlier promised that they were going to help find jobs for them so that they would be able to support their parents.
Tochukwu condemned the action of the people who lured the girls into the immoral business and said the police command was collaborating with the state Ministry of Women and Social Welfare to make sure that the rescued girls were properly taken care of and safely returned to their respective parents or guardians.
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