EXCLUSIVE: How Nigerian Ladies Prostitute In the United Arab Emirates
As reported by The Nation:
Across big cities in Nigeria, they cruise around in flashy cars and own good businesses but in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), many Nigerian ladies engage in prostitution to keep their businesses afloat.
Flashy cars. Blinking bank accounts. Good businesses. They have it all. The good things of all fall on their laps. Like the queens that many see them to be outside, they live large.
Welcome to the world of the Nigerian 'big babes' who call the shots as far as prostitution is concerned in Dubai, that artificial creation in the United Arab Emirates which has caught the world’s attention.
Dubai covers an area of 1500 square miles and sits 52 feet above sea level. It is the gateway to Asia and is described as the Las Vegas of the Middle East. On the streets of Dubai, these ladies are the centre of attraction and back home, especially in cities such as Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, they own big businesses and drive flashy cars, yet from time to time, they acquire two months visa to Dubai for no reason other than to indulge in commercial sex. With the help of syndicates, they secure accommodation in hotels and apartments.
It came as a shock to this reporter, whose first time it was in Dubai. Having booked her accommodation
online at the Africana Hotel, Deira, she was hopeful to have some quiet time and arriving the Dubai International Airport and seeing the Arabs all covered, with warning prohibiting indecency, she thought: "At least, there is some decency here!"
But she was soon to realize that beneath the cleanliness and splendour of the city lies a dirty trade, which even Sheiks are said to patronise when no one is watching. The moment this reporter stepped into the hotel she had reserved online, she saw an army of half-naked women, parading the premises.
Shocked by the contrast, she had quickly asked: "What's going on here?" The reply from the smiling front desk person was:
"They are from your country, Nigeria. They are our guests. See these ladies, they pair themselves in a room, some even stay three in a room. So, in case you want to save money, you can pair with any of them!"
But her response did not quench the reporter's curiosity. It did not answer why half-nude Nigerian women, as early as 9am, were flaunting their bodies in front of the hotel with some black guys giving them signals.
At
that moment, she made up her mind she was not going to stay in that
hotel but would definitely visit the place at night for a better
understanding of the mystery.
Having successfully checked into another hotel, with the help of an agent whose number she got from her friend who frequents Dubai, the reporter revisited the Africana Hotel.
The time was 11pm and the environment well lit, with a beehive of skimpily-dressed trooping in and out of the hotel. Observing quietly, the reporter overheard some of the ladies, seated at the reception complaining how the business has gone sour.
Another one, whom they called Jane while sympathising with her friend, told the girls that Alhaja [her pimp] had earlier warned her not to carry money to her customer’s place.
Jane, who claimed she resigned from her place of work in
Lagos where she served as a marketer, attributed her resignation to
meagre salary.
Baffled
by the revelations of the ladies, the reporter asked a travel agent how
the women were able to practise open prostitution in a Muslim country.
Continuing, the agent narrated how one of the prostitutes approached a client of his who lodged in the hotel sometime in June.
Yet
in this city, there are strict religious laws against prostitution. A
western women once got a month imprisonment for a peck on the cheek. The
law in Dubai has clear rules that prostitution is illegal. If you are
caught by the police, both you and the prostitute will be put into jail
and wait for the sentence of the local court.
If you are not a national, apart from the punishment of being sentenced by the court, you will be asked to leave the UAE and will not be allowed back in again.
There are different categories of prostitutes in Dubai. There are the willing ones and the forced ones who are threatened into it by pimps. The bulk of the Nigerian ladies in the trade are the willing ones and if they are caught, unfortunately, they will go for it.
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Having successfully checked into another hotel, with the help of an agent whose number she got from her friend who frequents Dubai, the reporter revisited the Africana Hotel.
The time was 11pm and the environment well lit, with a beehive of skimpily-dressed trooping in and out of the hotel. Observing quietly, the reporter overheard some of the ladies, seated at the reception complaining how the business has gone sour.
One
of the ladies said: "Things are not as easy as they used to be when I
started this business. There were some weeks I made about $5,000 from
these Arab and European men.
"But
since more babes from Nigeria got into it, there are so many ‘runs
girls’ in Dubai that for the past one month, I have not made up to
$5,000.
"Worst still, some of my
clients have suddenly changed and started demanding anal sex. I had a
terrible experience recently with a European whom I met inside an
elevator at a big hotel.
"We exchanged
contacts after he paid $300 for a ‘blow job’ in the elevator. Then,
subsequently, we met and had pizza and he offered $1,000 for sex in his
apartment.
"I thought he was a decent
guy until I got to his apartment. He threatened me with a knife to
accept sex with me through the anus or he will kill me.
"I
begged him to collect his money and let me go but the oyibo man refused
and had his way. Imagine what I have denied most of my contacts, who
would have even paid more for it, that stupid European got it by force
and still he collected his money back.
"I
am just tired of this business. Though I own a big boutique in Festac,
it is through these 'runs' that I foot my bills because there is little
profit in the boutique business."
"Alhaja
warned me that these days, the men will sleep with you and still
collect your money. So, since then, I usually drop any advance payment
with her.
"I do not want a situation
whereby one stupid man will collect the money I have laboured for. Any
valuable thing I have, I usually drop them with Alhaja and she gives me
back once I demand for them.
"So, my
dear, learn from this experience and most times, it is better you tell
the men ahead of time what you can do and what you cannot do," said
Jane.
"I graduated from the
university two years ago and got a job where I was paid N20, 000 per
month. The hardship and frustration in Nigeria pushed me into
prostitution and I have no regrets because I now have a better life. I
own my own apartment, a car and a big saloon in Lagos," she said.
Hear
him: "Is there anything Nigerians cannot do? Most of these girls I know
them in Nigeria. Some are rich and own big businesses, while some are
students.
"They apply and acquire two
months' visa and with the help of travel agents and some big women, they
get accommodation in hotels and even apartment. Then, those women who
also have guys working for them usually link them up with men.
"Most
of them register and submit their international passports to the women
or their contact persons and every night; this is how they keep going
about.
"It is very embarrassing that
Nigerian ladies, including married women, come here for prostitution.
That is how one of them saw me in Festac last year and she was hiding
because she knows I know what she does in Dubai.
"Once
a woman calls me that she wants two months' visa, I just know that is
what she is coming for and I turn them down. Some will say there is no
job in Nigeria and they want to come and hustle.
"What
is paining me now is that this nonsense that they do has made it
difficult for us to secure genuine visas for decent people. Also, most
hotels have increased their rates, with some even refusing to give their
rooms to single women coming to stay that long.
"If you go around this neighbourhood [Deira],
you will see that these stupid girls even rent apartments, which they
keep and pay for even while they are in Nigeria, yet they claim it is
unemployment and poverty that led them into prostitution.
"It
is a serious issue and I think the Federal Government needs to act on
it urgently, if not, these girls will spread diseases in Nigeria, aside
the bad image they are painting of the country already," said the travel
agent.
"The
girl just knocked on the door and when my client opened, she called her
outside and was telling her to stop acting like a child. I just stood
by the door and I was hearing their conversation. She told my client
that most of the men who have seen her want her to play by the game.
"But
my client refused and told the lady that she was in Dubai for business
and not prostitution and the girl, while insisting, said most of them
own businesses in Nigeria and that they prostitute to cover their
expenses.
"She even said that my
client can make the money she will use to buy her goods in one night,
thereby she would not spend the money she came with or buying more
things.
"I was so angry that I had to
come out and warn the girl to mind her business and allow my client who
has told her she was not interested in prostitution.
"That was why I came immediately you told me she gave you my number and that you want a decent place to stay," he said.
If you are not a national, apart from the punishment of being sentenced by the court, you will be asked to leave the UAE and will not be allowed back in again.
There are different categories of prostitutes in Dubai. There are the willing ones and the forced ones who are threatened into it by pimps. The bulk of the Nigerian ladies in the trade are the willing ones and if they are caught, unfortunately, they will go for it.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/57609.html