Eleven women were on Friday arraigned in a Tinubu Magistrate,s Court in Lagos, charged with hawking sex.
The accused people have no fixed address in Lekki, Lagos.
They are Edet Akpan, 24; Jennifer Benjamin, 40; Naomi Jonah, 35; Rosemary Efosa, 27; Rita Igwe, 33; Esther Ohima, 35; Joy John, 34; Ayo Esan, 33; Blessing Omezie, 35; Shola Oni, 29; and Blessing Andrew, 27.
The Prosecutor, SP Austin Orji, told the court that the accused persons committed the offence at about 2am on November 21, at Victoria Island, Lagos.
“The accused were loitering for the purpose of engaging in sex hawking and were picked up within different streets in Victoria Island,’’ Orji said.
Orji told the court that the seventh accused, Joy John, had appeared before the court on November 11.
He said John was charged with the same offence and was sentenced to 200 hourscommunity service when she absconded, before she was caught again.
The first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and 11th accused pleaded not guilty to the charge while the third, seventh, eight, ninth and 10th accused pleaded guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Mrs S.K. Matepo, said, “Justice demands balancing and we must adhere strictly to the laws’’