Operatives of the Lagos state police command have arrested the househelp who allegedly killed a yet-to-be-identified woman in her 29, Kiniun-Ifa Street, Sawmill apartment in the Gbagada area of Lagos,
Disclosing this to newsmen, the State Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin stated that the suspect had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCIID, Panti.
Although no one could tell when exactly the fleeing househelp, identified simply as Peter, committed the murder, however, it was gathered that the lifeless body of the woman was discovered on Saturday, March 9, by her son who came to visit.
The deceased was said to be the only occupant in the building, which has three shops in front of it.
A resident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said, “The woman’s son, upon arriving at the compound, went straight to his mother’s apartment, only to find her lifeless body on the staircase, with blood all over.
“A long piece of wood suspected to be the murder weapon was also found. By then, the body had started swelling, suggesting that the woman might have been killed days before”, the resident added.
It was also gathered that the fleeing househelp resumed work a week before the tragedy occurred.
It was learnt that a relative of the agent that brought the househelp had been arrested. But the unidentified agent was nowhere to be found.
Efforts to speak with the deceased son failed as he was too devastated to speak.
metronetworknews with vanguard report
