By Onozure Dania
lagos—A commercial sex worker, Nkechi Okafor, was, weekend, arraigned before an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, for alleged murder.

The accused was arraigned on a one count charge of murder.
The prosecutor, Olabisi Ogungbesan, told the court that the accused on March 2, 2010, at about 23:30 hours, at  Nice Time Hotel, Old Ipaja Road, Lagos, killed her client, one  Mr. Abiodun  Sarumi, by stabbing him with a bottle on his shoulder, close to the armpit.

Ogungbesan, said that investigation carried out in the matter by Inspector Ada Erondu from state Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Lagos, confirmed that when she visited the scene of the crime, at Nice Time Hotel, she saw broken glasses of the window of the hotel, and that the sex worker confirmed that she stabbed Sarumi but she didn’t know that he was going to die.

Erondu added that during her investigation of the crime, at the Hotel, she was taken round the hotel building.

She added that on the said date of the crime, Sarumi came out with blood all over him and was shouting for help and an angry mob, which saw Sarumi in blood wanted to kill Nkechi, but she ran back to the room and locked herself in but the mob broke the glass of the window to get to her.

Ogungbesan said that the offence was contrary to section 315(2) of the Criminal Code Law; Cap C 17, Vol 2 laws of Lagos State 2002.  Further hearing in the matter has been adjourned till April 16.