The circumstances surrounding how three men who patronized the services of a prostitute but ended up beating her to death after seeing her in possession of the Holy Quran of Muslims is currently under investigation by the police.
The customer identified as Abubakar Musa while the prostitute was identified as Hannah Saliu.
The other Muslim men who joined the lynching and have all been arrested were named Sarauta Monsur, and Surajo Yusuf who have been charged to court for beating the poor prostitute to death, and setting her corpse ablaze for keeping the Holy Quran in her unholy room.
The incident took place in Lagos, Nigeria.
According to preliminary reports, one of the suspects patronised Hannah and after having sex with her, he reportedly paid her the N1,000 for her service, per Punch Nigeria.
The customer was said to have left her room when she suddenly discovered that her N5,000 had gone missing. She reportedly ran after the customer and accused him of stealing her money.
The accusation, however, degenerated into an argument. The customer was said to have mobilised his friends to Saliu’s room to search for the missing money. While searching the place, the friends reportedly found a Quran underneath her pillow.
Source said Saliu was questioned by the men for possessing the Quran with the kind of job she was doing, adding that the customer and his friends, who became infuriated by the discovery, pounced on her, beat her up and set her ablaze.
“The Northerners, who were with the customer that the girl accused of stealing her money, asked if she was sure that he stole her money. So, they decided to go and search her room where she attended to her customers. While searching the room, they found Quran under her pillow and started asking what she was using the Quran for as a prostitute. So, they started attacking her; they stabbed her, took her out and set her ablaze.” The source confirmed.
“The incident happened at Alaba Rago, where a lot of Northerners reside. The girl that was killed also came from the North. Their grouse was that she was not supposed to be carrying Quran because of the kind of work she was doing.”
He said, “The case is at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, and three suspects have been charged to court. The incident happened in April.”
Source: MyNewsGh.com
