In a bold and controversial move, a group identifying itself as the Pokuase Union of Prostitutes has announced a five-year boycott on offering sexual services to police officers in Ghana. The group made this declaration through a press release signed by one “Fresh Girl Baby Jet,” who claims to be the president of the union.
According to the statement, members of the union will “not render any form of sexual intercourse, intimacy or jolly ride to any police officer” for the next five years.
The group says the decision stems from what it describes as years of harassment, raids, and lack of preferential treatment from the police, despite alleged long-standing intimate relationships between officers and members of the sex work community.
“It is believed that you [the police] render equal enjoyment to those who patronise your profession… hence, we have come to comprehend that the police did not accord us with any preferential and segregated treatment,” the letter reads.
The group claims that the police have continuously targeted them in aggressive raids and unfair treatment, and thus, do not deserve continued sexual engagement from their members.
“We are undertaking this position to starve police officers who are always in bed with us to learn their lessons not to raid us in a Rambo style again,” the statement added.
The press release also calls on other sex worker associations across the country to join the protest by refusing to offer what the letter terms as their “tokro abodwese” (a colloquial term for sexual service) to police officers.
The Ghana Police Service has not yet issued a formal response to the letter or its claims.
The unusual form of protest has since sparked intense reactions on social media, with some users supporting the sex workers’ right to protest alleged mistreatment, while others have questioned the authenticity of the letter and the legitimacy of the union.
Regardless of its origin, the letter has ignited a wider conversation about the rights of sex workers, law enforcement conduct, and the blurred boundaries between authority and marginalized communities in Ghana.
