YOUR NEWS: "Police Turned Our Girls Into Sex Machines, Raid Youths" - Reader From Apapa Cries Out
Our reader Bright Osas from Iganmu, Apapa, Lagos, sent us a message decrying the situation in his community. According to him, a policeman with Orile Iganmu Police Station, identified as 'Alabi,' has, along with his team, turned local girls into 'sex machines'. "From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., they [the policemen] raid the area. After raiding young men and women, they copulate with the girls. However, parents of the young men have to pay a certain sum of money to secure their sons' release," our reader narrates. This practice is now a 'basic occurrence in the community,' Mr. Osas laments, adding that it is unjust that young men do not 'hang out' anymore to avoid being raided by the policemen. "Happiness is a universal aspiration," Mr. Osas maintains, before crying out, "Why must our police cause so much pain on us? We really want them to be brought to justice because of the frustration, confusion, depression and