Youth leaders halt construction of brothel in Bayelsa community

The youth leaders of Okutukutu community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have stopped the ongoing construction of a brothel in their area.

The youth president, Kester Wilcox, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Saturday, January 27, 2024, said if the brothel is built in the community, young girls would be initiated into prostitution.

He also issued stern warning to people involved in cultism and sale of illicit drugs in the community.

According to Mr. Wilcox, anyone seen moving around the village at midnight without proper explanation will be treated as a thief.

“Today the leadership of Okutukutu Youth Movement (OYM)led by my humble self, Kester Wilcox went out with some well meaning youths of Okutukutu community both indigenes and none to make proclamation and sensitization,” he wrote.

The mission:

1: We stop an on going construction were they are building a brothel( if allowed to continue it will be a center of criminal activities, drugs, and lots of young ones will be initiated into prostitution, a lot of children will want to copy what they see) so we kicked against anything brothel in the community

2: Anyone caught stealing will be dealt with accordingly

3: as parents if you know your children are into stealing or robbery better tell them to stop if not, if caught no matter how you plead justice must prevail

4: If you are selling hard drugs, and taking drugs please stop it, if caught we will handle you as a common criminal

5: If you are a cultist and you are oppressing people in your street, please better stop it, if we hear anything relating to that, the community will come for you and you will pity yourself

6: If you are more than 3 boys leaving in a room and you have no job, or anything doing please start packing out, if caught we will take drastic action against you