The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gombe State Command, has paraded no fewer than 20 girls and 14 boys including minors involved in alleged illicit dance entertainment popularly known as ‘Gidan lokachi’ or ‘Gidan gala.’
While addressing journalists on Tuesday, the State Commandant, Waziri Goni, said they posed a serious security breach, adding that the command had so far closed over 10 of such dance houses across the state.
According to Goni, aside being involved in the said illicit dance, the entertainment house served as an avenue for young girls to practice prostitution.
He stressed that many of them came from neighboring states.
He said, “They call the place Gidan gala but actually at the end of the day, they have their boyfriends, they will go with them. 95 per cent of them are teenagers around 17 years, hardly will you find 20 to 22 years old, and the place has been existing over a long time. For the owners, they registered the place for trading and merchandise and now they operate as hotel and play ground.”
The Commandant disclosed that some of them were married for about one week before jettisoning their marital vows to come into Gombe State.
“They are from Adamawa, Borno, Plateau, and Taraba states. Most of them are from the North-East, just one or two are from Kaduna and Jos. If we don’t deal with this issue, it will jeopardize and create problem for the entire population.
“It is a serious threat, these are things that give rise to kidnapping, robbery, cultism. Some are being lured and killed, others hide in the pretext of the play to commit crime,” Goni added.
