5 Persons Remanded In Prison by Igbosere Magistrate Court Over Alleged Prostitution

Five suspected commercial s*x workers were yesterday remanded in Ikoyi Prisons, after they pleaded guilty to loitering and soliciting for the purpose of prostitution by an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.


The Magistrate, Mrs E. Ikubeinje, remanded them in prison, pending a review of facts and sentencing.

The accused are Olaide Oshilaja, 25; Vivian Osagie, 26; Regina Dickson, 27; Doris Okoh, 23; and Rose Alome, 29.

The accused, whose addresses are unknown, are standing trial on a charge of behaving in a disorderly or indecent manner in a public place around Obalende area of Lagos.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 166 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The magistrate adjourned the case till October 8 for facts and sentencing.