A 58-year-old woman, Sandra Akomake, has been remanded in Kirikiri prison for prostitution, The Nation reports.
Akomake and four other women – Helen Ugwu (34), Chika Okoro (40), Roseline Jebba (43) and Ordega Theresa (61) were arrested by police on Tuesday night for allegedly soliciting for sex in exchange for money.
They were arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Nicholas Akeene, told the court that the five women committed the offence at about 11:00pm at Thompson Avenue, Ikoyi on Tuesday.
He said their offence contravened Section 142 (1) (a) (b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
Ugwu, Okoro and Jebba pleaded guilty to the single count charge, but 61-year-old Theresa, the fifth defendant, denied the allegation.
“I know nothing about this,” she said. Her counsel, S.A. Owhoraye, said she was a trader and applied for her bail.
The magistrate, Mrs. Matepo, granted Theresa bail in the sum of N50,000 and two sureties in like sum.
She remanded the other women in prison and adjourned the case till November 30 for facts and sentencing.
