The minefield of Lagos brothels

By Chinedu Ozordi.

Forget about the traditional scares of contracting STDs, or getting caught in a police raid, customers of the very many Lagos brothels have a new, and more drastic, danger to think about; getting your privates chewed.

Kanayo Chukwu bit off (pun intended) more than he could chew when he attempted to hire the services of a commercial sex worker, Abosede Johnson, for a bit of fun on July 19, at about 10 pm in People’s Palace Hotel, Ojuolobun, Lagos Island.

The details of what transpired are a bit unclear, and the fact that the matter is before the court leaves little room for wild speculations. One fact is indisputable: Mr Chukwu emerged from the tryst with a bloody and swollen member for the N1, 400 he paid. He has dragged the 24-year-old woman of easy virtue – but harder dentures - to court, accusing her of taking an illegal bite off his penis.

Ms Johnson acknowledges taking the money, but denied the bite, and says it all started with a ruptured condom. She told the court that when she informed Mr Chukwu that the condom he was putting on had ruptured in the course of their love(?)making, he ignored her and “continued with the action.”

“It was when I tried to pull him out of me that my long and sharp finger nails cut into his private part,” she said.

This line of defence annoyed Mr Chukwu who, determined to prove his case beyond reasonable doubt, proceeded to pull down his trousers to reveal a swollen and blood-soaked private part swathed in bandages – to the shocking glee of all those present in the court.

Whether it was the teeth or the “long and sharp nails” that damaged such a fragile piece of his anatomy, one thing is clear; Mr Chukwu won’t be going near a brothel in a long while.


(This piece was first published in NEXTonSunday) .