The police on Monday arraigned three commercial sex workers in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja for attacking and causing grievous hurt on colleagues.
The defendants , Helen Gabriel , Joy Johnson and Ene Ahmed , all reside at Jabi Masallachi , Abuja , and are standing trial on two - count.
The prosecutor , Zannah Dalhatu, told the court that Joy Opera and three others of same address with the defendants reported the matter at the Utako Police Station , Abuja, on Feb . 21 .
Dalhatu said on that date , the complainant reported that the defendants formed a common intention and attacked her and her colleagues at Eden Garden , Utako , Abuja , and inflicted serious injuries on their bodies with razor blades .
He said the attack was “ due to a little misunderstanding over a customer. ”
He added that the complainants were taken to Wuse General Hospital , Abuja , for treatment .
The prosecutor noted that “the first defendant was the one who used the razor blade on the girls, while the second and third defendant were her girls . ”
He said the offence contravened sections 79 and 248 of the Penal Code .
The first defendant pleaded guilty to the charges , while the second and third defendants pleaded not .
Cynthia Nnamdi , Counsel to the second and third defendants , applied for their bail and assured that they would not jump.
The judge , Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq , granted bail to the second and third defendants in the sum of N30 , 000 and one surety each in like sum.
Sadiq , however , ordered that the first defendant be remanded in prison until the complainant was discharged from hospital and adjourned the case until March 7 for further hearing.
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