Prostitutes in
Nigeria have different levels and come with different names and tactics - so
BattaBox wanted to find out what are the differences between the various names
for prostitutes in Nigeria.
For example, some of
the names include: hoe, runs girl, olosho, prostitute. BattaBox presenter YP
went onto streets of Lagos to find out! "A hoe is a cheap girl, she costs
maybe 500 Naira or you just buy them drinks," explains one young man.
"Olosho are sex workers, who sell their body for money, sex for
money," explains a young girl. "Runs girls are girls who sell
themselves for money, but they are more expensive," says another Lagos
trader. Olosho is a Yoruba word for prostitute, Runs Girls are typically girls
at university who will use their body for favours, and a prostitute is a woman
who is a professional sex worker.
Prostitution is
illegal in Nigeria under sections 223, 224, and 225 of the Nigerian Criminal
Code, and under Sharia law in the north. However, law enforcement against
prostitution rarely strongly enforced and, if you want it, it's not difficult
to find.
On Wikipedia, a
survey is quoted as saying roughly 63% of prostitutes in Nigeria started work
before 19 years old, and 99% of the girls are not in a relationship. Many
Nigerian girls travel to the city or even travel abroad to places like Italy to
work as prostitutes.
However, one
Nigerian woman we asked, says there are no levels between prostitutes in
Nigeria: "The fact is every lady is a prostitute - we all have boyfriends
and dates, including how husbands - so you're not saying a lady will not have
slept with four to five men." "The two words say so much in the
negative - there is no difference. You won't call anyone a hoe or Olosoho or
runs girl and they will be happy," says another Lagos guy, What do you
think are the differences between the different names for prostitutes in Nigeria?
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