Prostitute Stabs Soldier to Death for Refusing to Pay in Bayelsa

A commercial sex worker has stabbed a soldier attached to the Joint
Military Task Force to death for failing to pay for her service after
engaging her till day break. The soldier (name withheld), was
reportedly stabbed twice with knife in the stomach by the prostitute.
The unnamed prostitute is said to be a Bini lady from from Edo State.

Punch reports that the incident, which occurred about 4.00am on
Tuesday, threw the popular 'Red Light zone' on Hospital Junction along
DSP Alamieyeseigha Way, Yenagoa, into pandemonium. Most of the
customers that slept over with other prostitutes in their shanties,
quickly dressed up to avoid being detected by onlookers who thronged
the area.

Some sex workers, who spoke with PUNCH Metro claimed that the stabbing
forced the intestines of
the soldier to come out and he bled profusely.

However, others said the soldiers died later on today, at an
undisclosed hospital where he was rushed to.

A prostitute, who wished not to be quoted, said the cause of the
stabbing was the alleged refusal of the soldier to pay after having
bouts of sex with the prostitute.

She said:
"When the prostitute asked for her money in the morning, the soldier
refused to give her. Then argument ensued between the prostitute and
the soldier. The prostitute was angry that after enjoying himself, the
soldier refused to pay her. In the ensuing argument, the prostitute
grabbed her knife stabbed him (the soldier) in the stomach."Another
source, who identified himself only as Chika, said the reported death
of the soldier caused panic in the area with sex workers running away
due to anticipated reprisals by soldiers.

"The incident has created fear among the prostitutes. If you come hear
now, the prostitutes have deserted the area. We heard argument coming
from the prostitute's room. The next thing we saw was the soldier
struggling with blood flowing from the wounds in his stomach."When
contacted, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hilary Opara,
confirmed the incident.

Opara said the suspected prostitute had been arrested.

"The suspect has been arrested and the incident is being investigated.
However, we have yet to receive report that he died. The soldier is
recuperating in the hospital."Efforts to reach JTF spokesman, Mustapha
Anka, a lieutenant colonel, for comments, were not successful. He
simply said he was in a meeting.