A tale of two sets of prostitutes in Abuja

“The law,  in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread. Anatole France, 1844-1924. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS  p 120).

The authorities of  the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, ably led by the Honourable Minister, have been working very hard to rid the nation’s capital of undesirable elements. Ever since that great friend of poor people, Malam El-Rufia, formerly of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, became Minister, they have been demolishing homes and shops, as well as the dwellings of poor people, which they call shanties – as if any really destitute person can afford palatial mansions. Malam El-Rufai is now a leading member of the All Progressive Alliance, APC, the opposition party – some of whose governors have also been demolishing buildings like the demon.

But, the current Minister had raised the matter of cleaning the nation’s capital to a new level. He had targeted two sets of poor people who must go – beggars and prostitutes. Incidentally, the FCT Minister, unlike Governor Fashola of Lagos, actually

took out advertisements in various media to announce his intention to deny fellow Nigerians of the freedom of movement. And, so far, several thousand people had lost their means of livelihood and the roofs over their heads as a result. Surprisingly, not a word had been heard from all those hypocrites denouncing the displacement of less than a hundred destitute people from Lagos.

However, the people, declared persona non grata in Abuja, which interest me, are prostitutes.  According to the FCT Minister, the only prostitutes deserving of being shown the city gates are the night and street walkers, in short, the poor girls and women who must sell parts of their bodies in order to keep the rest together and, perhaps, help kids and parents to stay alive for another day. Invariably, they receive pittance for the humiliation of bedding people they would not ordinarily want to be caught with in the same graveyard if not for fate which had dealt them a wicked hand.

But, there is another group of prostitutes – rich, powerful, well-connected, friends of the Minister and the President. They either live in or are frequent visitors to Abuja. They are called POLITICIANS. To these prostitutes, the gates of Abuja will always be open; they will visit the Minister in the office and at home. The President will even invite them to Aso Rock; GEJ will take pictures with them as he did in Imo State.
However from close observations of girls and women of easy virtue, I can state, without fear of contradiction, that they are more honest, more faithful to their benefactors and more human than the political prostitutes. Area boys inform me that if you treat a prostitute well, she will never betray you. But, it matters not how well you treat most politicians they will eventually repay you with ingratitude. One example will prove the point. There was probably no more generous a politician than MKO Abiola. We were all witnesses to what happened to him. Yet, these are the people the Minister and the President want in Abuja.

Any wonder why the nation is going to hell? With leaders worse than prostitutes, how can we create a nation with the ethical standards required for greatness?

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Bros you see how the whole Sanusi imbroglio is panning out? Has he not been disgraced now? A man who has power to hire and fire can also suspend staff. That is the law and there nothing Sanusi can do about that but to enrich our SANs. Oseme, Benin.

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