Living behind Mass Park in Zuba, a satellite town in Abuja is Blessing Udeh, an indigene of Imo State. She could easily be described as 'your everyday type of woman'. There’s nothing in her gait or looks to suggest that she is in what many refer to as the oldest profession in the world.
Probably in her late 40’s, she’s a widow with three children who seemingly had a good life with her husband until fate played a cruel one on her by snatching him away.Getting Udeh to talk took some effort as she fought severally to control her emotions. She stated: “My husband died and left no money for the family. So, I had to fend for myself by joining the business (prostitution) to keep body and soul together.”
According to her, she had a fairly good life, as a full time housewife, with her husband who was solely in charge of the family’s upkeep until he died.
The widow disclosed that it was the devastating effect of the demolition exercise carried out by the former FCT minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai that claimed the life of her husband.
“The building my husband built in Karmo was demolished by El-Rufai. This affected my husband so much that he couldn’t rise up financially again after that. It was the effect of the demolition that affected him and he died eventually. After his death, my children and I were thrown into abject poverty. There was no where we could start from and nobody or even relations were willing to help us. It got so bad that my children who had dropped out from school, and I were begging daily for sustenance.”
The mother of three, who claimed to have embraced prostitution recently when all else failed, disclosed that life too in the fast lane is not as rosy as she thought.
She said that she makes between N500 and N2,000 a night which is meagre compared to the amount they pay for lodgings at the brothel.
“We pay N5, 400 for accommodation weekly and I have not even gotten enough to pay this week’s rent,” she said as at the time of conducting this interview.
The widow, Blessing Udeh, is however appealling to the federal government, well-meaning and wealthy Nigerians to come to her aid.
Madam no need to tell the press ur story. Work hard save enough money so u can move away from that place and leave a good life. u should no wat i mean. Ms K
ReplyDeleteSorry to say but ashawo dey for Ibo women blood. There are other things she could hav done but this woman choose ashawo for easy money. mtachew na wao
ReplyDeleteyou are the most foolish person to say that ashawo dey for igbo blood
Deleteyou are the most foolish person to say that ashawo dey for igbo blood
Deleteure veri stupid to say..ashawo dey for ibo blood....wu eva u tink u are...donkey...
ReplyDeleteWhy you dey vex like this abi you bi ashawo?
DeleteWhy you dey vex like this? abi you be ashawo?
DeleteAnon 12:07,ashewo de 4 ur mama blood,stupid tribalistic idiot,I 1da wat stupid tribe ur from.psychophant.
ReplyDeleteThat is d whole idea her name was mentioned twice in d write up! To depict igbo women as prostitutes! Olu there is a yoruba woman in Surulere who owns a multi million naira supermarket and I and my friends fuck her jaga jaga for a fee.
ReplyDeleteWhen I bring her some big boys I get ma cut,so stop this ur hypocriy!She is sadly married,making her husband look like a big joke when we see him in d store!
As a father, l pray that wat u n ur so called friends do to this woman should befall ur wife n daughter...lets call a spade a spade, prostitution occurs among every tribe but more common among ibo girls in d major cities in Nigeria.
DeleteYou are a big liar NO Yoruba woman who so such nonsense. We are not like you idiots. Biola
DeleteNO Yoruba woman will do such nonsense
DeleteShe was a prostitute Before the man passes on otherwise can't she move to the village.
ReplyDeleteif she cant go back to the village why cant she take up a nanny job.
DeleteShe no fit dey work for buka? Abi na only she be widow wey be full ouse wife, if she can get sm1 to f****k her den she can get sm1 to remarry her instead of dat...... But Ashawo dey her body sha, shekena....
ReplyDeleteEl Rufai demolished a lot of houses so why didnt others go into prostitution too? I've observed that truly its easy for some Igbo ladies to become full time prostitute rather than do something meaningful
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm may God help u
ReplyDeleteMy guys pls Y u ppl are worry lyk dis, who did nt knw dat IGBO GENERATIONS ARE ASHAWO haa nawao. Igbo girls who got awards as de best PROSTITUTE, ARISTO, NUDITY, 419..... in Europe and America especially in Italy. So is nt a new things 4 dem, cus as if dis woman want 2 move on witout ashawo work, my guys i knw she can move on and succed wit her children bt jst cus she was on de bussiness b4 de man passed-away so is nt easy 4 her 2 leav it again. And apart of dat ASHAWO, NUDITY, 419, ARISTO.... all these are 4rom IGBO ppl cus is their culture and also they inherited all these 4rom their ACCESTORS. BIGKOLLY DE IGWE OF IGBO LAND
ReplyDeleteMy guys pls Y u ppl are worry lyk dis, who did nt knw dat IGBO GENERATIONS ARE ASHAWO haa nawao. Igbo girls who got awards as de best PROSTITUTE, ARISTO, NUDITY, 419..... in Europe and America especially in Italy. Mind u IGBO GIRLS ARE DISGRACE 2 NIGERIA AS A WHOLE, So is nt a new things 4 dem, cus as if dis woman want 2 move on witout ashawo work, my guys i knw she can move on and succed wit her children bt jst cus she was on de bussiness b4 de man passed-away so is nt easy 4 her 2 leav it again. And apart of dat ASHAWO, NUDITY, 419, ARISTO.... all these are 4rom IGBO ppl cus is their culture and also they inherited all these 4rom their ACCESTORS. BIGKOLLY DE IGWE OF IGBO LAND
ReplyDeleteGuys, let not join issues with one another over this subject matter. Let †ђξ woman look for something else to do. God will help her.
ReplyDeleteAbeg anon 13.43 pls bring dat woman's story make we read.she needs help obviously.
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