35 teenage girls used for commercial sex slavery have been rescued in Anambra, while three suspected have been apprehended.
About five of the victims were pregnant.
The State Police Command busted the hotel camp where the girls are used as sex slaves, recovering three pump action rifles and seven cartridges.
One of the suspect that was arrested is the assistant manager of the hotel.
Any money made by the sex slave is been paid to their madam who is currently on the run.
The police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, while parading the girls and the suspects at the Area Command, Onitsha, on Wednesday, gave the name of the hotel as Gally Gally Hotel, located in Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State.
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The apprehended suspects and the rescued girls are currently at the Area Command, Onitsha, where they are being interrogated.
Teenage sex workers in Nigeria has been a thing of occurrence.
On the 14 of April 2022,The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, on Tuesday, paraded six teenage sex workers rescued from a joint.
It was reported that those paraded were between 16 and 19 years of age, hustling around Mile Three Meluku area.