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Gambia News : 'Prostitution has no place in The Gambia'- Police PRO Secka
He said this in an interview with TODAY Newspaper recently, where he noted that 'prostitution is foreign to the Gambian character'.
According to him, there has been a rise in indecency and crimes in recent times. These, he said, are threatening the habitual peace, security and stability of the nation, a situation which made the Police department gird up its loins against such crimes and indecencies.
He said the police now patrol the country, especially the Greater Banjul Area with renewed zeal, with the aim to limiting the crime rate and drug abuse that is being witnessed in the country.
“In 2009, we witnessed a surge in certain types of crimes that are foreign to our country. We are not used to those kinds of crimes.
In the past, a person can roam the whole of Serrekunda in the night without coming across any police patrol team.
But now the patrol is paramount in the drive to protect the people of the communities and their properties.
The police plan is to discourage robbery, drug abuse, prostitution among other related unlawful activities,” he said.
Highlighting the police resolve against prostitution, Supt. Secka observed that the country has 90 percent of its population as Muslims while the remaining 10 percent belong to Christianity and other religions.
He said both Muslim and Christian laws prohibit prostitution, and the laws of The Gambia also frown at it.
“The Gambia is known for its hospitality and friendliness and the country wants to maintain that status. Police patrol is here to stay and it will be conducted daily round the clock, as it has played a very crucial role in limiting the act of prostitution in the country,” he said, disclosing that prior to the commencement of this year's tourist season, many commercial sex workers were arrested around the Tourist Development Areas (TDA) in November 2009.
According to Supt. Secka, many commercial sex workers raided during police patrols are non-Gambians, and there was a time when the country was almost characterized as a sex tourism destination, but it took the quick intervention of the government through the various security units to shrug off the label.
The police, Secka said, will not tolerate any acts related to prostitution, as it can tarnish the country's image.
“It is our responsibility to preserve the peace and stability that our forefathers worked for and to jealously protect it so that coming generations can also enjoy it,” Secka said, promising that the police would continue to apprehend people suspected of commercial sex work, and prosecute them.
“The law may find them guilty or not.” “We do not have gold and diamond but the whole world want to visit or live in The Gambia because of the peace that prevails here,” he said.
src: Today Newspaper
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- Gambians wake up hw can chagatu be illegal wen we hve pubs lik city pub an class one in D/kunda or ar cops nt aware of dos pubs weda dey ar deya own profit making pubs.....TDA ar seasonal places for chagas pls shut dwn city pub an class1 in D/Kunda
(Posted on March 27, 2011, 11:07 PM Unknown)
- The cops are not doing anything at all. They arrest poeple treathen, take there money and set free. They arrest prostitutes have sex with them in return and let them go. We need to learn how to resist bribery. Bribbing is taking us back words.
(Posted on February 17, 2010, 3:01 PM The unknown)
- Prosti. is the oldest profession in da world, and as long as there are men and women cohabitating this planet we will continue to c its manisfestation, regardless of the severer of punishment enacted by da police. Education is da key for handling it
(Posted on February 15, 2010, 12:17 AM Abdou R Jobe)
- i know about freedom of speech,i am in a country where they respect individual right,so no one can tell me about it.
what i did say u guys dont like it,fine,but that wont stop me expressing my view,go and learn what freedom of speech is all about,st
(Posted on February 14, 2010, 12:00 AM freedom of speech)
- Is not about freedom of speech,its about protecting our country.after all prostitution brings deases and we also have to protect the younger generation, to grow up seeing good examples around them.this is not about the president.is for us as gambians
(Posted on February 13, 2010, 5:51 PM Baboucarr)
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