Nigerian girl stabbed to death in Abidjan

The dead of a Nigerian girl, Queen Ebimaho, has left some Nigerians in Abidjan, living with fear of insecurity, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Ebimaho, was on August 24, found dead in the pool of her own blood inside her room in a brothel in Ajame, Abidjan. Eyewitnesses told NAN that the corpse of the girl who only arrived Abidjan about two months ago had a series of punctures. She is said to have been brought into the country by a Nigerian lady identified as Joy Larry. NAN also reports that many Nigerian girls who are regularly trafficked into the country take to prostitution as a means of survival. NAN reports that though no case of death has occurred in the past six months, many of the girls face undue harassment and intimidation from men who patronise them. Meanwhile, some Nigerians residing in Ajame who spoke to NAN have accused the Consular Officer in the Nigerian Embassy, Mr Obinna Ogbonna, of treating issues concerning Ebimaho's death with levity.