Nigerian man caught sleeping with a dead prostitute

A 28 year old Nigerian man, identified as Nuru was recently arrested after being caught sleeping with a dead commercial sex worker in a hotel.

There were different accounts  of  how the man ended up with a dead prostitute in his bed. There are claims that Nuru took a local sex stimulant and another account that said that  the he intended to use the dead lady's virginal fluid  for money ritual.

Nuru, detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department(SCID), Yaba, has claimed all the  accounts are false.

He initially claimed the deceased was his girl friend but  when asked what her name was, he  couldn't  say. But after a while, he admitted to have picked her among the commercial sex workers that had beckoned on him that night.

Narrating how it happened, Nuru said, " I do not know her name like I earlier claimed. But I usually saw  her around the area every night. So, that night, I told her I would be needing her all through the night and she billed  me N2,000;  we checked into the hotel at about 11p.m. I  had her twice all through".

Asked if he took any sexual enhancer, he shook his head and replied, " No. I only took Indian hemp. I did not take buratancshi (local sexual enhancer) as speculated."

Also asked at what point he noticed his companion was no longer breathing, he replied, " I cannot tell because, most times , these girls will just stay calm while you do your 'thing'.

So, I did not know if she was dead. Again , I never had any sinister motive . I was not with any charm, neither did I strangle her.  She was the person that undressed herself".

A hotel attendant  reportedly stated that  they sensed  trouble in the morning after the suspect went to ease himself. According to his statement,  " when he went out to ease himself, he left the door ajar and, when I peeped in,  I noticed the girl was foaming from the mouth and I quickly rushed to report".

Other reports also said that Nuru was caught right in the act when policemen from Ojo police division, who were contacted, arrived the hotel.

But 28-year-old Nuru  maintained: " I did not know when she died. The next thing I saw in the morning were policemen and some of the hotel staff. It was then I knew something was wrong. If I knew she was dead, at least I would have fled the scene to avoid being arrested. I stayed back because I was not aware. At a point, I thought she was sleeping. Since I have been sleeping with women, a thing like this had never happened to me.

"I did not buy her any food because most of these ashewo  do not allow their male customers to buy them food simply because they would think you want to either poison them or induce them to sleep , without paying them after the 'show'. I did not also buy her any drink. Immediately she came in , I gave her N1,000 as part payment , with  the intention to pay her the balance in the morning. That has always been the tradition".

When news of Faith's death filtered around,  next day, her partners in business reportedly avoided their Tiv yam market zone, apparently for fear of being arrested . Also, some hawkers  who sell local viagra (sex enhancer ) there,  were nowhere,  as they also feared they would be arrested, following  the rumour that the suspect took one of the local sex enhancer he bought from one of the hawkers.

But back at the deceased home, her mother, was  shocked   as she is reportedly trying to come to terms with the reality of her daughter's death. Faith,  as gathered, told her mother she was going to visit a friend that fateful day but never returned home.

Apprehension set in after waiting for two days without any knowledge of her whereabouts, until the news was broken to them through a friend of Faith.

Nuru  was moved  from Ojo police division to the Lagos SCID for  further investigations, from where he might  be charged to court, while the remains of 24-year-old  Faith,  who hailed from Ikare- Akoko, Ondo State have been buried by her family.