Prostitution murders in Nigeria
2010 - today
2019
November 6 2019: Elochukwu, Edo Inn Hotel, Number 17, Atan Street, Empire, Surulere, Lagos, murdered by sexbuyer Babatunde Damilare 1)
August 8 2019: Abina Isaac, Sapele 2)
July 2019: Christy, was stabbed to death by Bidemi Mojuba 3)
May 31 2019: Patience Musa, 24, Jos 4)
May 31 2019: Name unkown, Mines, stabbed to death by sexbuyer Ismail Oladipo, age 33 5)
2018
December 5 2018: Gold Gift, 35, Hotel, Anambra, Onitsha, was raped and murdered by Okoronji Emeka, 24, and Umezinwa, 24. The preliminary investigation further revealed that the victim was later taken by the hotel staff and dumped at DMGS roundabout Onitsha without informing the Police. Consequently, three of the hotel staff including the manager, one Mr. Ekene Gabriel, 30, the bar man ,one Tom Bishop Emmanuel, 25 and the gate man, one Arume Ifeanyi Godwin, 27, were also arrested
December 2018: Name unknown, Aba, Abia State, was lured to a hotel via Facebook by two men who offered her money for sex and brutally murdered 6)
November 3 2018: Edafe Ovoke Vera, 28, Chapel Hill, Takoradi, stabbed to death
October 1 2018: Peace Precious, Upper Mission, Benin, Edo State.
June 2018: Mercy Moses, 19, Tiv (ethnic minority), Adavi, Kogi, was repeatedly raped and strangled to death in a money-making ritual by pastor Olusegun Otaru, 45, and three others. One of them had „sex“ with her dead body. Mercys fingers were roasted, made into pepper soup concoction which they were eating every day before they were arrested.
May 24 2018: Name unknown, Wellwood Hotel, Ajangbadi, Lagos, murder attempt by strangling. The prostituted woman was rescued by a staff member of the hotel who heard her scream.
April 13 2018: Vivian Bello, Kings Hotel, Lagos, was murdered by a sexbuyer. Vivian was found dead in a toilet, with signs of violence on her body
April 2018: name unkown, Prato, was stabbed to death by two women and one man
March 27 2018: Precious Nety, Galaxy Hotel, Galadima, Maiduguri, Borno, was murdered by a sexbuyer.
2017
October 22 2017: Name unknown, Onuato Street, Enugu. Stabbed to death by sexbuyer Ezeugwu Emmanuel
August 24 2017: Chiamaka Ndubu, 18, brothel, Moshalashi Alhaja area of Agege, Lagos, murdered by a sexbuyer
January 24 2017: Janet Etim
2016
November 2 2016 (few days before): Name unknown, Utako village, Abuja, hacked to death in her room with a knife by sexbuyer Joseph Odoh, following an argument over payment for her services
April 2 2016: Rebecca, 30s, hotel room, Mushin, Lagos, stabbed to death by sexbuyer
March 1 2016: Ome Enyi, 35, brothel, Kubwa, Abuja, Nigeria, murdered by a sexbuyer. Her clitoris had been cut off.
2015
October 24 2015: Roseline, Obollo-Afor, Enugu, Nigeria, murdered by sexbuyer Ikechukwu Oga in a brothel
August 2 2015: Sitira, 23, Abeokuta, Nigeria, tortured and murdered by a sexbuyer
January 19 2015: Joy
January 2015: Joy Okoye
2013
July 11 2013: Esther, 16, Lokpanta, Abia State, Nigeria, murdered, remains found in uncompleted building