In the midst of the biting economic crisis facing many Nigerians, forcing many to go as far as committing suicide, a sub-sector of the Nigerian economy is booming bringing smile to the faces of people lacking sexual fulfillment. In a society where people can hardly speak openly about sexual problems, Saturday Punch’s investigation shows that some vendors sell sex toys worth millions of naira every month. A sex therapist and prominent s*x toy vendor, Mrs. Iheoma Obibi, explained that contemporary Nigerians are gradually coming out of some sort of “sexual darkness” and this is creating a boom in the market with an attendant influx of fake sex toys.
For the last six and half years, Kemi Fawole, a certified s*x therapist, has been dealing in adult products including sex toys. She said that she sells at least N7m worth of s*x toys yearly. It is about the same for actress-turned s*x toy vendor, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe, who told a correspondent, “I cannot estimate how much of s*x toys I sell in a year but I know that in about three to six months, I rake in more than N3m.” Yet, these two are just a small fraction of the numerous s*x toy vendors who now trade in the country. Every now and then, a new vendor like Japhet Okoromadu enters the market and soon realises how the supply of sex toys pales in comparison to the deluge of demands by Nigerians.
