The Police,
yesterday, arraigned seven commercial sex workers in a Makurdi Magistrate’s
Court for beating and stabbing an Abuja-based businessman.
The suspects
are Blessing Victor, Martha Joseph, Sonia Okafor, Esther Sunday, Grace John,
Angela Aja and Princess Ojo, all of Express Hotel, Makurdi. They are charged
with criminal conspiracy, force, causing hurt and theft.
The
prosecution, Inspector Terzungwe Kajo, told the court that Gabriel Oforma of
Plot 24, Gwarimpa Estate, Phase 1, Abuja, lodged the matter at the ‘B’ Division
Police Station on March 20.
He said that
the accused persons and some men, currently at large, beat up Oforma, stabbed
him and stole his Nokia Lumia cell phone and N34,000 cash when he went to visit
a friend at Wukari Street, Wurukum, Makurdi.
Kajo added
that other things stolen from the complainant were his travelling bag,
containing clothes and his national identity card.
The
prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 97, 265, 246
and 287 of the Penal Code. If convicted, they are liable to eight years each in
prison with an option of fine.
After the
charges were read to them, the suspects all pleaded not guilty.
In her
defence, the first accused person, Blessing Victor, told the court that she did
not steal anything from the complainant.
She said:
“My only sin is that I charged the complainant N3,000 to have sexual
intercourse with me for the whole night.
“After we
did it, he refused to pay me and when I complained he said I stole his money.”
The
Magistrate, Mrs Lillian Terseer-Tsumba, granted bail to the accused persons in
the sum of N10,000 each and one surety each in like sum. She adjourned the
matter until May 7.
Culled from Vanguard
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