They know that Owerri has its fair share of nightclubs. While some of the clubs operate on their own, others are built inside hotels. Those who lodge in the hotels that operate nightclubs are admitted free, upon showing their room keys. Others pay gate fee. Expectedly, going by the active nightlife in the city, Owerri is brimming with prostitutes. Investigations revealed that commercial sex workers flock around popular hotels and fun spots, looking for men to hook.
Most of these sex workers are
students in tertiary institutions in the state and neighbouring states.
In the day, these students appear somewhat respectable on campus, but at
night they wear a different cap. By their dressing you shall know them.
They appear in low waist trousers, short gowns/micro mini skirts,
midriff and breasts revealing tops and patrol premises of hotels with nightclubs.
One of the commercial sex workers told Saturday Sun, at the Rappour Hotel nightclub, that she comes around to earn money
and take care of herself and siblings. Ijeoma, as she called herself,
said: “I come to the club about three times a week to catch some fun,
but nothing goes for nothing.”
Mr. Livinus Manukwem, an Owerri
based businessman, the situation could not have been otherwise, every
factor considered. “The sheer number of tertiary institutions in and
around Owerri naturally creates the environment
for people to indulge. I think there are higher institutions in Owerri
than in any other town in the country. Those setting up such facilities
in Owerri are smart business people, taking advantage of the environment or situation. It is just like locating an industry where the raw materials for production abound,” he argued.
Open sex club one of the
nightclubs offering “special services” is located unobtrusively off All
Seasons Road, New Owerri. The club begins business from about 8pm.
However, activities reach fever pitch from 10pm and continue till the
wee hours.
This hangout is a white bungalow
that hardly gives itself away. It looks like the regular club inside
but without heavy décor and neon lights at the entrance. The regular
dance hall is always almost empty, making one wonder how they manage to
stay afloat. But if you wait long enough, you will notice young and
middle aged men strolling into a passage on the left side of the dance
hall. And that is where the real action is.
To go past barrel-chested
bouncers manning an inner door, you must pay a gate fee of N1, 000.
There is an adjoining room also and both have something in common: Wild
sexual obscenity.
The rooms are not well
illuminated but bright enough for you to see what is being offered. Once
you step in, the sight that greets you is that of a number of naked
girls or at various stages of nudity. The girls in bra and pants soon shed every piece of clothing, as the show gathers momentum.
The nightclub parades these
girls in appreciable number. Unlike some strip bars where only a handful
of girls entertain, this nightclub has them many. And they come in
various sizes and shapes: slim, flat, tall, short, fair, dark. Again,
unlike most nude clubs, where go-go girls exhibit their stuff on a
platform, in this fun spot the girls offer more or less personal
service. They move from one patron to another, showing the stuff they
are made off. Some were smoking cigarettes and drinking can beer, which
is sold for N500 each.
Others were rocking to the
pulsating music blasting from the speakers. They were making explicit
sex remarks and gestures to the men, even as some playfully squeezed one
another’s buttocks and breasts, like lesbians.
Shortly after the reporter
walked in, Flavour’s monster hit, Ashawo, began to play. The tempo of
the music seemed to energize the dancers and they did exotic dance steps
and got wilder.
In corners, some
of the girls were engaged in lap dance with men, who grabbed the
opportunity with hands, kissing, sucking breasts and caressing the lower
region of the girls. The mischievous guys were inserting naira notes in
between the thighs of the girls. As the guys titillated their tits,
they squeezed the hard-on of their partners even as they asked to be
“appreciated.” In this nightclub, to be “appreciated” is euphemism for
“I need some money.”
The inner room is a shade darker
and sleazier.There the patrons and the girls get more intimate,
engaging in all manner of sexual acts. Some of the strip dancers were
sitting astride men even as others were caressing themselves. One of the
girls, who gave her name as Marbel, said that for N2, 000 she would
engage in oral sex with a man in the dark hall. It was gathered that a
patron could also take any of the girls out for the night, for an agreed
sum. The price depends on the time, desperation of the girl and
bargaining power of the patron, but it could be anything between N5, 000
and N10, 000.
Private parties it
was also learnt that the strip dancers equally entertain at private or
house parties. According to one of the girls, who identified herself as
Maureen, “If guys want to be entertained in a private apartment or hotel
room, the girls would be willing. The price tag is N5, 000 per girl for
an outing of between four and five hours.”
She
said: “You can have sex with a girl at the house party, but it is a
personal thing. Of course, if you make a good offer a girl will not
refuse it. It is a matter of cash.” professional dancer sees nothing
wrong with strip dancing. “It is like every other profession.
I
personally like to dance and if I strip while dancing, what is the big
deal? On the issue of sex, everybody is doing it. Female bankers do have
sex;
She further said that if given at least two days notice, she can arrange for up to 30 girls for such special outing.
She further said that payment must be made before the girls begin to drop their pants Dark, slim Maureen, who described herself as a
Medical doctors have sex; actresses have sex; teachers have sex; lawmakers and ministers have sex. In fact, every person
is having sex with the people they like or under whatever arrangement.
It’s just that people pretend a lot. Some civil servants have sex with
more men in a week than strip dancers,” she said.
An insider told Saturday Sun: “Some of the strip dancers are students and they pay their bills with the money
they make. But all the dancers are not students. Some of the girls come
from poor homes, so they use what they make at the bar to take care of
themselves and families. Single mothers and young widows are also among
them. Some of them come from such places as Port Harcourt, Aba and Asaba
to Owerri where they are not known to perform after which they go home.
Some of them only come at weekends.”
It
was also gathered that more girls are coming to the club almost on
daily basis seeking to be registered as strippers. One of the
requirements is that the girls must be 18 years and above.
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