Over 40 sx workers were on Wednesday, Nov. 19, arraigned in a mobile court by the Edo State Migration Agency in Benin City, the state capital. Parading the commercial sx workers before the arraignment, the Director of the Edo State Migration Agency, Honorable Chief Lucky Agazuma said the operation that led to the rounding up of the sx workers was carried out in collaboration with other enforcement bodies, including the Environmental Sanitation and Pollution Management Authorities as part of ongoing efforts to curb human trafficking and reduce the activities of commercial sx workers in the state. According to an official of the mobile court where they were arraigned, the women were arrested for various crimes including dressing indecently in public, involving in commercial sx activities, and defacing the city by unlawfully stepping on flowers along major roads while attempting to evade capture. One of the suspects claimed she was returning from a birthday party with friends when their vehicle was stopped and they were arrested. Another said she had been brought to the location by an unknown person and was soon arrested.
Evidence presented before the court indicated that some of the suspects were not from Edo state and were introduced to the trade by unidentified persons. Items seized during the raids included sx-enhancing drugs, lubricants, and marijuana. According to an official of the mobile court, many of the sx workers were convicted and ordered to pay fines while others were assigned community service as part of their penalties. See video below.
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