A sex worker was stabbed and strangled to death by yet to be identified assailants at a popular brothel in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State.
The deceased, simply identified as Confidence was found dead in her room in the brothel on Thursday night after she failed to show up to join her colleagues to scout for customers.
The development caused pandemonium in the area as colleagues of the deceased were said to have fled the area
According to PUNCH, a source who craved anonymity said, “Her colleagues were waiting for her outside as they were looking for customers but they didn’t see her. They now went to knock at her door and it was when they opened the door that they found her dead in her room.”
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident said, “She was stabbed on the stomach and strangled”.
He said the police had commenced investigation into the matter, adding that no arrest has so far been made.