At least, 35 teenage girls aged between 14 years and 17 years have been rescued from sex slavery by the Police command in Anambra State.
DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, police spokesman in Anambra said this in a statement issued in Awka on Wednesday.
Ikenga said four of the rescued victims were heavily pregnant.
He added that police operatives combed the hotel on June 13 and rescued the girls being used as sex slaves, prostitutes and baby producers.
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“The operatives rescued 35 girls and four of them are pregnant; the victims shall be handed to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for their welfare and rehabilitation,’’ he stated.
“The police arrested three persons and also recovered N877,500,’’ he stated.
Ikenga added that the suspects would be charged in court after investigation.
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