Prostitutes clash in Abuja, attack colleagues with razor

The police on Monday arraigned three commercial sex
workers in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja for
attacking and causing grievous hurt on colleagues.
The defendants, Helen Gabriel, Joy Johnson and Ene
Ahmed, all reside at Jabi Masallachi, Abuja, and are
standing trial on two-count.
The prosecutor, Zannah Dalhatu, told the court that
Joy Opera and three others of same address with the
defendants reported the matter at the Utako Police
Station, Abuja, on Feb. 21.
Dalhatu said on that date, the complainant reported
that the defendants formed a common intention and
attacked her and her colleagues at Eden Garden,
Utako, Abuja, and inflicted serious injuries on their
bodies with razor blades.
He said the attack was “due to a little
misunderstanding over a customer.”
He added that the complainants were taken to Wuse
General Hospital, Abuja, for treatment.
The prosecutor noted that “the first defendant was the
one who used the razor blade on the girls, while the
second and third defendant were her girls.”
He said the offence contravened sections 79 and 248
of the Penal Code.
The first defendant pleaded guilty to the charges, while
the second and third defendants pleaded not.
Cynthia Nnamdi, Counsel to the second and third
defendants, applied for their bail and assured that they
would not jump.
The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, granted bail to the
second and third defendants in the sum of N30,000
and one surety each in like sum.
Sadiq, however, ordered that the first defendant be
remanded in prison until the complainant was
discharged from hospital and adjourned the case until
March 7 for further hearing.


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