Prostitution in Benin of trafficking, including the trafficking of adults, has been pending MOJ review since September 2012. The United States Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons ranks Benin as a 'Tier 2' country. Prostitution in Benin Prostitution in Benin is legal but related activities such as brothel keeping and benefiting from the prostitution of others are illegal. UNAIDS estimates there to be about 15,000 prostitutes in the country. Most of these are migrants from neighbouring countries, mainly Nigeria, Togo and Ghana. Only 15% of the prostitutes are Beninese. Prostitution occurs on the streets, in bars, restaurants, hotels
Oba of Benin Oba of Benin The Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler of the Edo people and all Edoid people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire - a West African empire centred on Benin City, in modern-day Nigeria. The ancient Benin homeland (not to be confused with the modern-day and unrelated Republic of Benin, which was then known as Dahomey) has been and continues to be mostly populated by the Edo (also known as the Bini or Benin ethnic group). The title of Oba was used after the Ogiso title and was created by Oranmiyan, Benin