A pr*stitute was stabbed to death in a car
park on Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island,
Lagos, on Monday, January 19.o
The car park, where she was killed, is used
by employees of commercial banks and other
organisations on the street.
The 25-year-old s*x worker, identified simply
as Joy, was discovered in a pool of blood
with stab wounds at about 5.30am.
Joy, who reportedly had two kids– a girl and
a boy, had gone to the park with her three-
year-old boy on Sunday night when she was
reportedly stabbed to death.
A resident, Mr. Afeez Ibrahim, said in spite
of being a s*x worker, most people on the
street liked and had assisted Joy in the past,
in order to quit the job.
He said: “Joy is a well known woman on this
street. We all liked her except for the work
she did. She called herself a street hustler
who needed to take care of her children. She
is Urhobo. On Sunday evening, she was still
seen around the car park.”
“We were shocked when we woke on
Monday morning to find her corpse with
knife injuries. Her attackers stabbed her
twice on the back. She was found in a pool
of blood.”
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police
spokesperson, DSP Kenneth Nwosu,
confirmed the incident, saying that the
police were investigating to apprehend the
killers.
He said: “A policeman from Victoria Island,
who saw the corpse, went back to the
division to report and the body was taken
away. There were stab wounds on the head
and in the back. The body is now at a
morgue and an autopsy will also be
conducted. Investigation is ongoing on the
matter.”