Esther Egbuhama
A 28-YEAR-old Nigerian woman has been arrested for allegedly operating a brothel at Manso Watreso in the Ashanti Region, which is against the laws of the country.
Esther Egbuhama reportedly owns the Mama Nice Lodge, which is located at Manso Watreso, where various illegal activities are alleged to have taken place for sometime now.
The Manso Nkwanta Police, having been informed about Esther’s illegal activities, stormed the brothel on Sunday during a swoop, but they managed to apprehend only Esther.
“The police picked intelligence on the activities going on at the place and mounted the operation to stop the crime being perpetrated there and arrest the culprit for the necessary action.
“However, all her accomplices and other suspects managed to escape,” a police report signed by DCOP Joseph Nyaaba, the Ashanti South Regional Police Commander, said.
According to him, Esther is in police custody, assisting with investigations, warning that “operating a brothel is a criminal offence contrary to Section 277 (substituted by N.L.C.D 398, paragraph 16).”
DCOP Nyaaba also stated emphatically that the police will continue to mount periodic operations to get rid of all miscreants engaged in illegal acts in the region.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah, Kumasi