Sex worker stabs client to death over service fee in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has detained a  sex worker, Joy Kelvin, for allegedly stabbing a client, identified as 48-year-old Okafor, to death in his home, at the Jakande Housing Estate in the Lekki area of Lagos State.

The incident was said to have occurred on Monday morning at about 5:30 am.

It was gathered that the late Okafor had brought Joy to his house to spend the night but an argument broke out between them the following morning over payment resulting in the suspect attacking her client with a sharp object which led to his death.

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the deceased’s friend lodged the report at the Ilasan Police Division in the area.

He wrote, “Today, October 7, 2024, at approximately 07:20 hours, a complainant reported at the Ilasan Division that earlier that day at about 05:32 hours, he received a call from a friend stating that Okafor, a 48-year-old male and also his friend, was stabbed in his house at Jakande Housing Estate, Lekki, Lagos, by Joy Kelvin, a female prostitute he had brought home overnight. The victim was rushed to the General Hospital, Marina, Lagos, where he was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.”

Upon receiving the report, detectives from the Ilasan Division swiftly responded to the scene and apprehended the suspect, took photographs, and evacuated the corpse to the General Hospital Morgue, Yaba, for autopsy.

Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing, with authorities working to uncover the full details of the tragic encounter.

Efforts are also underway to contact the deceased’s family members.