A commercial sex hawker at a brothel in Ikwa, near Zuba, in Abuja has allegedly drugged and duped a middle-aged man of N223, 000 cash. The ugly incident occurred on Tuesday when the victim returned  with his ‘girlfriend’ to the brothel, after relaxing at a drinking spot in the area.


He said that the victim, who drove in an unmarked Toyota Sienna bus with the said lady, entered the prostitute’s room inside the brothel and immediately slept off.  An eyewitness said when the victim woke and he did not see the girlfriend, he became alarmed.

“He immediately searched his own clothes and to his amazement, he discovered that all the money he had on him had been taken away,” he said. “It then dawned on him that the girl had drugged him to dupe him of his N2230,000.

The victim, a contractor, who lives in Niger State,  was said to have gone out for Sallah celebration when the incident happened. His effort to reach the lady via her  phone wwas unsuccessful as she switched off her phone.