How governors turn govt houses to sex havens

More than serving as a place to entertain and accommodate
visitors of their respective state governments, many Government
Guest Houses and Lodges have become grounds where all sorts
of activities take place, especially epic lovemaking sessions,
Saturday PUNCH’s investigations reveal.
The trend which has gone on for several years under different
administrations usually involves young ladies being brought into
such government facilities to ‘entertain’ guests sexually for a
fee. While top aides of such state governors recruit such ladies
directly for their guests, the job is given out to trusted
middlemen in some places. Even though, it is an aberration in
some states as governors frown at such practices, it is the norm
across most parts of the federation.
In Rivers State for example, a source at the Government House
in Port Harcourt told one of our correspondents that arranging
beautiful ladies for special guests of the state is nothing
unusual. According to the source who asked not to be named,
this is part of the entertainment given to such high profile guests
on request especially when the state is holding any big event.
“I have been here (Government House) for many years and I
know that it is a common thing to bring in beautiful ladies for
guests who demand for them,” the source said.
Another source, who is a former government official, told
Saturday PUNCH that, “providing girls for special guests at
government lodges is not a new thing. It is done everywhere.
Most times, these girls are on standby and when they are called,
they come and keep the guests (males) company. It is practised
everywhere and not only here.”
Though in Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbesola according to
findings by one of our correspondents, is not open to such
lifestyle, some former aides under him are known to pass
women around and even entertain their guests with such. Osun
has no government-owned guest house, so visitors are
accommodated at some popular hotels in Osogbo, the state
capital.
A source who confided in one of our correspondents disclosed
that some former aides of the governor always “imported babes
from tertiary institutions around and even from far distance.”
He said, “They pay these girls as high as N50, 000 especially
those coming for the first time. Subsequently, they pay less and
at times they don’t give the ladies more than N10, 000. These
aides have some young male students who help in recruiting
these girls for their superiors.”
The situation is a bit worse in Akwa Ibom State where a former
governor is alleged to have wasted the state resources frolicking
with different women with many of such ‘entertainments’ taking
place right inside government-owned facilities. On several
occasions, the aides to the governor were said to have arranged
between five to 10 women to serve the governor at the same
time.
An aide who refused to disclose his identity for security reason,
told one of our correspondents that in one of the instances, one
of the 10 ladies that were taken to him, developed a headache.
According to him, the governor asked that the lady be taken
away but not without receiving N500, 000 as ‘appearance fee.’
Apart from the former governor, Saturday PUNCH reliably
gathered that some of his commissioners and special advisers
built houses in remote areas for their flings in a bid to avoid
being seen in hotels. The sources also claimed that some of the
women got brand new jeeps for their services.
The governor’s siblings are not left out of the show, too. A
source told our correspondent that the governor’s brothers on
several occasions imported women from Egypt and other North
African countries just to have a nice time. In addition to the
government houses and lodges, the big boys in the
administration and even visitors to the state also used a very
popular hotel in the state as well as other hotels that spread
across Uyo.
In Abia State, the recruitment of ladies otherwise known as
‘conference materials’ for the pleasure of top government
officials is a very sensitive issue and is usually handled by a
syndicate, a top official told one of our correspondents.
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business, maintaining a high degree of confidentiality to avoid
embarrassing government. He however said no government
lodge in Abia is used to habour such ladies. The source further
noted that the practice was no longer in vogue in Abia State
owing to the unfavourable dispositions of recent
administrations.
According to the source, ‘conference materials’ are usually
recruited from tertiary institutions, and could also be school
dropouts as well as professionals who do ‘runs’ to survive. He
said that such ladies usually drop their contacts with the agents
who simply put them on notice any time they are needed.
He said, “Their pay is dependent on the category of government
officials or guests they are to entertain and the class of the
ladies themselves.
“If the benefiting government official is from the Presidency or is
a governor, the fee is usually high but if it is an official with
lesser portfolio, the pay is lesser,” he said.
The source also said that the ‘performance’ of the ‘conference
material’ could make her get more incentives from the end user
as some of them get cars, houses, contracts or more cash for
good displays.
“Any ‘conference material’ who impresses her end user can be
booked for future engagements. Some of them are even moved
to USA, Europe, Dubai and some foreign countries ahead of
government officials.
“The type of money involved in the movement of these ladies is
awesome. Government officials who are in this habit of
patronising ‘conference materials’ waste so much funds on
them,” the source said.
On the remuneration of the ladies, the source said, “The agent
who recruits them disburses their pay depending on the
arrangement.
“Some of the girls are paid N10, 000, some N20, 000, some
N100, 000 and even N1m depending on the type of government
official involved. Sometimes after assembling the girls, if any of
them is not engaged, she is given a token like N10, 000 for
transport. We call it ‘appearance fee’ or ‘thank you for coming
package.’”
The source further said protocol officers are sometimes involved
in the recruitment and movement of the ‘conference materials’
as very close aides of the government officials handle such ‘
jobs’ to avoid exposing their principals.
“What we do at such times is that when we get signals, we just
allow the ladies to move on,” he said.
He, however, noted that not all governors condone the use of
‘conference materials’ and that during the administrations of
such governors, the business does not thrive. The source also
revealed that First Ladies are always ready to fall out with any
protocol officer involved in recruiting ladies for their husbands
because of the threat it poses to their families.
In Edo State, it was gathered that government guest houses built
like private residences in strategic but less populous areas, like
the Government Reservation Area in Benin, serve as a regular
meeting point for government officials, their friends and a select
group of ladies on regular basis.
A reliable source disclosed that some of the buildings have in
the past 10 years served as meeting points for the highly-placed
users. The ladies, who are mostly undergraduates of tertiary
institutions in Edo, are usually transported from their hostels to
the guest houses. But such movements, it was gathered, usually
occurred at night to avoid attracting attention.
The source explained that the women receive between N10, 000
and N50, 000 or more for their services, depending on
negotiations and the source of their connection.
“Entertaining guests with women is not new. That is a normal
thing; it’s not peculiar to this state or the South-South. It is
everywhere. The girls, who must be very attractive, are selected
by special duty or protocol persons. They can earn up to N50,
000 based on their looks or connection.
“There are normal hotels and guest houses where rich men are
supplied with girls during weekends but the major ones happen
during political campaigns. The girls come in around 7:00pm or
9:00pm and leave as early as 4:00am,” the source said.
Investigations by one of our correspondents revealed that the
large number of tertiary institutions in Enugu State serves as a
reliable pool for protocol officers and governors’ personal
assistants, whenever there is a need to provide young girls for
their principals in the government house.
Enugu ranks as one of the states with the largest population of
young girls in the country. It is home to several tertiary
institutions like the Enugu State University of Technology,
Institute of Management Technology, University of Nigeria,
Enugu State College of Education, Caritas University, Godfrey
Okoye University and Renaissance University, among others.
And, in an era where most female undergraduates combine their
studies with ‘runs,’ or prostitution, it is not surprising that these
protocol officers find it very easy to procure ladies for their
bosses.
Sources at the government house informed one of our
correspondents that so many girls have “made it” by associating
with political office holders and their cronies since the current
democratic dispensation commenced in 1999.
In fact, one of our correspondents learnt that these ‘runs girls’
go out of their way to cultivate the acquaintance of the protocol
officers and Personal assistants of political office holders, who
give out the “jobs.” It was gathered that most female students
look forward to an “invitation” to attend any of the exclusive
parties where the selected girls are passed around to the ‘big
shots.’
According to a source, who is close to the corridors of power in
the state, girls who participate in such activities are rewarded
handsomely.
“These girls don’t take home anything less than N50, 000 just
for a night, and that is when it is just a small party.
“In fact, the normal take home package for serious hook-ups
ranges from N100, 000. The fee can even rise much higher
when the girl is able to cultivate a personal relationship with the
concerned patron. It is a known fact that from such casual
acquaintance, some girls have been known to acquire choice
property, cars, shops and even good jobs,” the source said.
A former governor in the state is believed to have rewarded
several young ladies with car gifts for their ‘intimate services,’ of
course.
The source further explained that the protocol officers, and the
PAs, usually establish contact with the young girls through
‘links,’ who are usually guys, or more experienced girls who
have participated in such activities in the past. Such ‘links’
abound in most of the student residences, and hostels that litter
the Coal City. The Government House source explained that the
girls are usually camped in the more upscale hotels whenever
the VIPs require their services.
In fact, according to the source, the protocol officers and PAs
have established long standing business relationships with the
managers of the concerned hotels, to the extent that rooms are
reserved ahead of time, whenever the need arises.
The story is not different in Ondo State where guests are usually
entertained with different kinds of girls during visits. A source at
the Government House disclosed that the guests are usually
accommodated at the VIP section of the Government House at
Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital.
According to the source, the entertainment of guests depends
on the preference of the visitors, saying some like to be
entertained with women while others simply like to just drink.
“Anytime there are personal guests for the governor or a guest
who comes on an official visit, they are usually lodged at the VIP
Lodge of the Government House and if there is no space at the
Government House, they would be lodged at any of the standard
hotels in town.
“The guests would be entertained with whatever they prefer.
Some of them do come along with their girls while some will ask
us to provide them with girls to spend the night with. So the
ladies will be invited to come and accompany them,” the source
explained.
The source however said in most cases, the guests pay the girls
they sleep with, noting that the amount charged depends on the
negotiating power of the two parties but the protocol officers
may sometimes offer the ladies transport fares while the ‘client’
pays the ‘service charge.’
“That has been the trend right from the days of the military
administrators; it was even worse at that time than it is now.
During that period, it was government that paid whatever
amount each girl collected, not the guest but no one can say
specifically the actual amount spent on these girls,” the source
added.
In Cross River State, investigation showed that the use of
government lodges as slaughter zones for girls has been a
known trend since the military era.
Under the guise of ushers, young female undergraduates are
usually camped at top government apartments such as the
Presidential Lodge, Dan Archibong Lodge and Solomon Uno
Lodge. During the era of the past administration in the state, our
correspondent learnt that a young lady (name withheld), was in
charge of recruiting these girls under a clandestine sub-head in
the protocol unit of the governor’s office.
It was also gathered that these ladies, who are paid between
N20, 000 and N50, 000 depending on the dignitaries they are
meant to service, were also camped in two major high brow
hotels in Calabar.
Some privately owned properties in the State Housing Estate in
Calabar Municipality are also identified to have been used by top
officials during the past administration.
A government source, who preferred anonymity, told one of our
correspondents that these girls appear as ushers during the day
whenever there are big events but are used to satisfy the sexual
desire of willing dignitaries at night.
“Those that are not chosen by these dignitaries at night are
usually paid around N20, 000 while those who follow them get
more. There is this lady that was in charge of them during the
era of the last administration. You can easily identify the girls
because they are usually packed together in one of the
government buses in the guise of being ushers,” he said. While
many aides of governors in different states refused to comment
on the findings, the Chief Press Secretary to Cross River State
governor, Christian Ita, said the governor was too busy to
engage in such a ‘mess.’ He added that there is no time to
engage in such frivolity.
He said, “The resources here are well utilised; they are not
meant for frivolities like that. We don’t even have a lodge here.
The one we once had has been commercialised. It’s a hotel
now, a business. We don’t have such experience in Cross River.
“Both the former and the current governors are too serious to be
doing that. We go to work by 7:30am and get back around 3am.
The governor is serious-minded. We are focused on moving the
state forward, so there is no truth in that.”
Also, the CPS to the Edo State governor, Peter Okhiria, said such
practice does not exist in the state.
He said, “That’s a bad story. We don’t have such experience
here. The governor stays in the lodge with his beautiful wife and
he is very serious-minded. He has a lot of work to do and he’s
always thinking of how to move the state forward.”
Likewise, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media
in Enugu State, Louiz Amoka, expressed surprise at the
development, as he said it was not happening in the state
governor’s lodge.
“Haba! What kind of story is that? Come and do the
investigation. You will discover that such is not happening
here,” he said.
The Commissioner for Information, Akwa Ibom State, Aniekan
Umanah, said, “I don’t know about that. We’re not aware of that.
The governor is very busy doing his job of governing the state.
Akwa Ibom State is not involved in such. Nothing like that is
happening here.”
Also,the Chief Press Secretary to Ondo State Governor, Mr. Eni
Akinsola, denied that the state government facilities were used
for such activities.
In a text message he sent to one of our correspondents,
Akinsola said, “I have not heard such report about anybody in
Ondo State. All I am sure of is that nobody uses the Governor’s
house as a sex haven and nobody can turn it into such.
“The lodge is one building where the governor and his wife live.
Other buildings in the Government House are for house
functionaries of government and their wives. It is therefore
impossible for anyone to turn any of such buildings into a sex
haven or any other anti-social vices.
“For those who are qualified for government lodges, they live
with their families. It will therefore be unimaginable for such to
happen. The governor, as a responsible family man, has been
and remains a role model to his aides and other government
officials in modesty and decency. For such lurid tales, count
Ondo State out.”
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