A commercial sex worker has been found dead in her room at a hotel (name withheld), in Onitsha, Anambra State.
The deceased, simply identified as Chisom from Enugu State, was said to have died on Monday, January 30, 2023 after sweeping her room and washing the plates she used the previous night.
Controversy however has trailed the cause of her death with the brothel deserted by neighbours and occupants, mostly sex workers
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While some suspected that it was a case of murder, others believed the deceased committed suicide.
A neighbour, who spoke to The newsmen alleged that the deceased committed suicide after finding out that her boyfriend had dumped her for another woman.
“She had a boyfriend that always spent a lot of money on her. Even this last Christmas the boy came to her with a bag of rice with #200,000, among other items and asked her to travel for Christmas and come back later,”
“As soon as she came back, she was told that her boyfriend had married. Since then she started behaving abnormally and just three days ago, she was seen holding a rope on her hand,”
“When asked why she was holding the rope she became aggressive and early in the morning, she swept her room and around 9am what we heard was that she has committed suicide in her rooom,”
“We saw her neck tied with a rope to the window in her room but the legs were touching the floor. So we don’t know if it was suicide as no foam was gushing out from her mouth but the tongue was out.
Operatives from Onitsha Area Police Area Command, close to the scene of the incident, visited the hotel around 12.30pm and left with some officials of the hotel, who returned with an ambulance and took the corpse away.
Speaking on the development, the Divisional Police Officer, Central Police Station, Onitsha, Ifeanyi Ibru, said investigations have commenced on the matter.
“We are investigating the matter, the corpse has been taken away,” Ibru added.
