Police nab man for ‘attempted murder’ of sex worker

Police in Lagos, yesterday, said its officers have arrested a patron of a commercial sex worker, who tried to strangle and suffocate her in a hotel room. Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos state, Mr Imohimi Edgal, said that the man was arrested following prompt response by the Police to distress call from a worker at Wellwood Hotel, Ajangbadi, Lagos. Imohimi, noted that the suspect was also arrested by the Police, said: “On May 24, 2019, at about 12:35 am, a distress call was received from Wellwood Hotel. “The duty officer that night at Ilemba Hausa Division, quickly went to the hotel where he found one Faith, a commercial sex worker, with severe injuries on her neck.
“The victim claimed that on same date at about 12:15 am, the suspect came to her hotel room. After sleeping with her, he brought out a rope, tied it around her neck and pulled her down. “He also tried to suffocate her by blocking her mouth and nostrils with a pillow. She was, however, rescued by a staff of the hotel who heard her as she struggled for life.” The CP said that the suspect, who was yet to tell the Police his motive for attempting to murder the victim, was arrested and the rope with which he nearly killed the girl recovered. In a similar development, a 25-year-old man was also arrested for luring a woman to a hotel in Lagos, where she was drugged and raped. Edgal said that the suspect invited the victim to De-Didos Hotel on March 4, 2018, where the crime was committed. “The suspect was said to have stolen one Infinix Note 3 phone, one Nokia touch phone, one voter’s card and disappeared ever since. “Based on this development, detectives investigating the case tapped into our robust partnership with community members and hoteliers in the area. “They circulated the suspect’s details to hotels in the area and to all nooks and crannies of Ajangbadi. This paid off on May 25 when the suspect went to one of the hotels to lodge and he was promptly arrested by the operatives of the Command” he said.

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