Ghanaian police officials have detained five Nigerian sex workers. This is according to Asokwa District Police.
The arrest occurred during a police operation to decrease crime in the Asokwa Municipality of Ghana’s Ashanti Region. Twelve persons were arrested in total, including seven men and five women, at various places.
The five women then admitted that they were engaging in prostitution to live.
The suspects identified themselves to police as Empress David, 22, Sonia Isaac, 24, Loveth Michael, 18, Success Moses, 21, and Victor Alice, 23.
“On 30/7/25, between the hours of 1800 and 2000, the Asokwa District Command embarked on swoop exercise within Asokwa Municipality. That during the exercise 12 people were arrested,” the police statement read.
“Five of the suspects are female Nigerians who admitted having been engaging in prostitution at Sokoban Wood Village,” adding that all the suspects are in police custody.
“The seven males, who were also nabbed are Jacob Amaliba, 30, Usif Awuro, 39, Adu Kofi, 22, Kwame Atobiga, 39, Isaac Boamah, 27, Emmanuel Boakye, 29, and Pekazine Puakan, 28.”
The police statement disclosed that “the seven males were also arrested from various ghettos suspected to be ‘Wee’ Base at Asago.”
It said a search was conducted on the suspects but nothing incriminating was found, adding that investigations were underway and the suspects “are yet to be screened and profiled.
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