By Michael Ofulue
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It was a  tumultuous joy  at the Igbatoro  headquarters of the Ondo State Police Command yesterday as 35 female  sex workers were released from police custody with a  warning to sin no more.

The prostitutes who were raided from brothels and hotels  in Akure last weekend  went  home without parting with money on  the  orders of the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ggenga Adeyanju.

The Hope Metro learnt that the magnanimity of the police boss came on the heels of pleading  from managers and owners of the hotels where they were  picked   for their  release.

Unconfirmed report told  The Hope  Metro that  pressure  mounted by the  managers due to a sharp drop in sales  due to  the absence of the prostitutes led to their  freedom.

Many of the sex workers openly  hugged one another  and showered  praises on the CP for  not allowing  the police to extort  money under the guise  of bail from them.

A competent police officer  who confirmed the development said  “ it  is our oga that gave order that they should  be released  unconditionally and we have no choice than  to obey the order and directive of our boss .

“We have allowed them to go based on the order and directive  of our boss. We arrested them in some brothels operating in Akure metropolis during  a raid of some criminal hideouts, flash points and unidentified areas where they were engaging their sex business and also constituting public nuisance and security threats in the state”.

According to him the state police  command has taken  raiding of suspected and unidentified hideouts and flash points across the state  as one of security measures taken to prevent and detect crime in the state .

While saying the police will continue to check crime and criminality happening  in the state urged the general public to always assist the police with adequate and useful information that will help in reducing crime to the bearest minimum  in the state.

However, efforts to speak to one of the managers of a brothel in Akure proved abortive as neither him or his clients were ready to speak to the metro.