While most shops at Ikeja City Mall are closing by 9 pm, another sect of people is starting a business. By the stairs, young ladies in skimpy attires stand pressing their iPhones. These ladies are not always stationary. Just when the clock is about to strike 10 pm, you might also see ladies with amazing bodies strolling up and down as far as the parking lot as if they are looking for something to buy.
After seeing them walking up and down empty-handed for a while you might realise that they have nothing to buy. It should be noted that people are allowed to move in and out of the mall, window shop, sit down and meet with people at the mall despite how seductively they might be dressed. Another interesting hot spot for prostitution in Lagos is Allen Avenue. As early as 5 pm, you can see women getting dressed by the roadside and walking up and down the streets of Allen.
Some even reportedly have sex in the nook and cranny of the streets. The front of the law school campus in Lagos State is another place where you would see sex workers openly catcalling customers.
The backwaters of the Oniru settlement on Victoria Island is another place for fresh-faced ladies of the night. Section of the Criminal Code penalises those who control, direct or influence the movements of a prostitute.
Also, those wandering any premises or road in such a manner that their presence might be disorderly are guilty of a misdemeanour and can be imprisoned for up to one year. Section a penalises men who live on the earnings of prostitutes, such a weird law because women mostly live on the earnings of prostitutes they 'employed'.
