Police arrest suspect over underage girl’s prostitution in Yambio
May 26, 2016 (YAMBIO) – Police in Yambio, capital of the newly created Gbudue state, have this week arrested one young girl, aged 17 years old, and accused of abusing her fellow young girls by giving them to men for sex in order to get money for survival.
It is not clear for how long the young girl has been doing this business in Yambio which led to the accusation from the community members who reported the practice to the police.
Gbaki said the accused girl however denied the accusation saying she was not giving her colleagues to men or doing commercial prostitution.
An investigation continued to prove whether it was true or not as reports had been going around in Yambio town that the child prostitution was on the rise where underage girls had been going to night clubs and bars.
According to one resident who spoke to Sudan Tribune on condition of anonymity, the number of underage girls who have been moving with men in clubs at night has increased while the state government has been doing nothing to stop it.
“When you move at night, there are many small girls moving with men in clubs at night and when you ask them they will tell you that their parents are in Tombura, Ezo and outside Yambio which gives them freedom to live anyhow,” he said.
He added that there are a number of night clubs in Yambio where small young boys and girls are congested and go about drinking alcohol without restriction.
He blamed the increase in the number of abandoned children by their parents, leaving the children to gang up and forced to opt for prostitution.
Deputy governor of Gbudue state, Victor Edward Kpiawandu, however condemned the act, saying parents and guardians of the children should take proper care of their children.
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