The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has disclosed that over 789 prostitutes and other destitutes have been repatriated to their various states of origin within the last two years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Bello disclosed this to newsmen at a media parley in Abuja.
According to him: “Majority of these numbers were repatriated back to their respective neighbouring states after proper profiling and rehabilitation.”
He stated that government was determined to ensure that “women, youths, children and the vulnerable in FCT are adequately catered for.”
Speaking more on the activities of commercial sex workers, Acting secretary of the Social Development Secretariat (SDS), Irene Adebola Elegbede, who spoke on behalf of the minister said: “We have a mobile court, where we take them to serve as deterrent to others, but you would see human rights activists coming to pay for them. Initially, the fine was N200 but it was increased to N2,000. And after they are released, they go back to the streets immediately.”