Sex, Illicit Drugs And Girls- Night Life In Enugu

Visitors to some hotels in Enugu metropolis are having a hard time trying to ward-off desperate teenagers dressed in skimpy dresses to attract prospective customers.

You also find the teenagers around the Otigba Junction, Rangers Avenue, Presidential Road, New Berries, Obiagu, among others, where they peddle drugs and sex for fees ranging from N500  and N2,000 per night or home service.

Findings showed that the teenagers usually arrange themselves in groups of four or five and book rooms in hotels that charge N5,000 – N6,000 per night. Decked in  seductive attires, the teens mill around the hotels, smoking cigarette and drinking alcohol.

They pounce on you once you make eye contact, revealing cleavages and curves to lure you into the hotel room. Further findings revealed that illicit drug substances like Crack, Marijuana, brown and white powder are increasingly in circulation in Enugu metropolis which many of the teens use and peddle.

In an undercover operation in one of the hotels on Nza Street, met ‘Chi’, not real name, canvassing sensually for customers.

“I thought you signaled to me!” “I did not”.  “But you would miss a lot if you do not want me”. “Like what?”  “A romp with me will make you leave your…hahaha. It will not cost you much. It is only N500. I have a room here. I will, at once, notify my colleagues that I have a customer and we will be in a world of our own”.

Continuing, she beckoned in confidence,”Try and see. You will crave for an all night long. Shall we…”  “No, am not in the mood”. “Why? I told you N500 because of the excruciating economic hardship in the country.

This is what I do to fend for myself and send money to my family in the village. I hoped to further my education but the present Nigeria’s economic outlook has eroded that dream.

I do not find joy doing what I do. But I cannot fold my arms and watch my parents and siblings in the village die of hunger”. “How much do you think you can make?” “Well, before this government took over, the business was good. I was having 20 – 25 customers in a day.

But now, you hardly get five customers. If you get more than that, it is because it is a festive season, public holiday, weekend, etc. You do not need to spend money on extraneous things like beer, pepper soup and the rest. We go straight into the business”.