10 sex workers evacuated as Anambra closes brothel

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The Anambra State Government, through its Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, has shut down a brothel in Amawbia in the Awka South Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the brothel (name withheld) is notorious for harbouring underaged sex workers, drug peddlers, armed robbers and other criminals.

During the raid on the hotel by the operatives of the OCHA Brigade, no fewer than 10 sex workers were rescued by the enforcement team, including underaged girls.

A press statement on Thursday by the agency’s Managing Director, Celestine Anere, stated that the agency embarked upon the operation after due monitoring of the place.