that it is not only Chinese products that are flooding Nigeria’s market.
Teenage Chinese girls are also now flown into the country to satisfy the sexual
urge of big time spenders and thereby bringing a new dimension to the age long
prostitution business. Ironically, while Chinese products are the cheapest in
Nigerian markets, only the rich and other high net worth individuals can afford
the commercial sex service provided by these Chinese girls.
Saturday Sun investigations revealed that a Chinese couple is running the
sex ring from a twin duplex building and another two flats service apartments on Emina Crescent, off
Toyin Street, in Ikeja, Lagos State. The two buildings are a few poles apart.
Findings further revealed that over 40 Chinese girls are camped in the two
apartments, where top government functionaries,
business executives and expatriates pick them for a fee not less than $1, 000
for a round of sex or $2, 500 for long hours, such as overnight sex
romps.
Weeks of monitoring and investigation of the syndicate also revealed that about 15 of
the girls camped in the flats are usually moved from that location at about 6pm
daily to join the others camped in the twin duplex on the same street, from
where big clients will either come or send their drivers to pick them. Two
chauffeur-driven vehicles dedicated to this task include a cream Toyota Sienna bus and a black Nissan Infiniti SUV,
both registered in Lagos. Usually, it’s always a beehive of activities on the
street in the evening, as state-of-the-art cars come and go with the girls.
that the teenage girls are recruited by the Chinese couple through their
partners in China, with the promise of factory jobs in Chinese firms in Nigeria
and all expenses paid holidays. Thereafter, fake documents are prepared for the
girls and with the connivance of embassy officials, short-term visas are granted
them. It was further learnt that some of the girls are packaged to travel from
China to some other African countries, from where they are smuggled into the
country. The source:
“Some of the girls were brought in through
Ethiopia. I can’t explain how, but I know Master travel there often. More
often, most of the girls usually sourced from poor homes are only made to face
the reality after some days in Nigeria when they would have seen how the other
girls they meet on ground count dollars every morning when they come back from
‘night duty.’ The sight of dollars and other free gifts they are exposed to have
a way of forcing them to fall in line quickly. “Sometimes, you have some of the
girls that may want to prove stubborn, the ‘Master’ (as the sex cartel kingpin
is referred to by his Nigerian domestic aides while the girls call him “Boss”)
will start by forcing such to drink hot drinks, like Hennessy or Champagne and
smoke cigarette. Some will vomit
all through the night after being
forced to take more than their strength can take. “The Master can thereafter
decide to initiate such stubborn girls by sleeping with them himself and in the
process will beat them seriously in the night to make them succumb.” Saturday
Sun further gathered that the kingpin of the ring, who is assisted by his wife
and two other Chinese young men, in addition to about five Nigerian domestic
aides, who either serve as drivers or cleaners, make an average of $100,000 in a
week on the 40 girls, as all services, both long and short term sex, are paid
for in dollars. “The girls are entitled to half of what they get from the men
while our Master takes the remaining half, as return on his investments on them.
The girls cannot afford to play smart because they don’t understand English
language, which is the language of many of the customers. He and his wife are
also in control of their international passports and telephones. They help the
girls to reply text messages sent
to them in English by customers because the girls don’t understand English,
while the customers think they are chatting with the girls sometimes it is the
Master and his wife that they are actually chatting with,” the source
disclosed.usually high between Friday and Sunday, while the demand for week days, from
Monday to Thursday, only takes care of about half of the girls. According to the
source, “the girls can go as many as seven rounds of sex overnight because they
are very young and that is why our Master gives them up to 20 pieces of imported
Chinese condoms any time they are going out with a customer. Apart from their
ability for many rounds of sex, they are also under instruction from the Master
to always wear two condoms any time they are having sex because of the fear of
HIV/AIDS.” It was also learnt that requests for the Chinese girls come from
high quarters across the country. “The Master and madam travel with the girls to
supply to some highly placed people in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Port Harcourt and
other places in all parts of the country, but because we don’t go with them on
such trips, we don’t know how much is charged for that, but it can’t be less
than $5, 000,” the source added.
To cover their tracks, the couple behind the
sex cartel had to seal the windows in the apartments
where the girls are camped with acoustic materials, so that no voice can be
heard from neighbouring premises, while the vehicles used to move the girls are
also tinted, to shield them from being noticed. The two premises are also devoid
of movements, while only eagle-eyed domestic aides are stationed outside the
gates to monitor movements and
attend to enquiries from prospective customers.
get spokesman for the immigration service in Lagos, but a senior immigration
officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the service is poised
to rid Nigeria of any immigrant who fails to abide by the country’s laws. “We
have repatriated a lot of them. The security situation in the country is in a
precarious state and the Nigerian immigration would do all it takes to reduce to
its barest minimum the number of illegal immigrants and those who fraudulently
find their way into Nigeria. We will also welcome any information that can help
us to achieve this aim,” he added.
