The
Lagos State Police Command has arrested a manager and a housemaid for
killing their boss, Alhaja Sikirat Eko, in Omole Phase 1, Lagos State.
Eko was said to be running a restaurant and bar in her compound, where she lived alone with the maid.
According to the police authorities, the
suspects allegedly killed Eko at her home located on 5, Babatunde
Ladega Street and kept her corpse within the premises.
The suspects were said to have continued
to run the restaurant, giving neighbours and customers the impression
that the deceased had travelled.
The two were said to have run out of
luck when relatives of the deceased came on a visit. When the suspects
could not provide a satisfactory answer, the matter was said to have
been reported at Area G Command, in Ogba.
A police source who preferred to remain
anonymous, told our correspondent that the manager threw Eko into a well
inside the compound along with a generator.
The manager was said to have taken her phone which he used in impersonating her.
“The manager was using the deceased’s
phone and assumed her identity. Sometimes, he would send text messages
with her phone, telling people that all was well”, he said.
It was learnt that when the house was thoroughly searched, Eko’s corpse was found in a decomposing state.
A family friend, who preferred to remain
anonymous, said, “Mummy (Eko) has just one child and she lives in the
United Kingdom. When she could not get her mother on the telephone, she
called relatives to help her find out what was wrong.
“When the relatives got there, the
manager told them that she had travelled. The relatives became
suspicious because the house was left open and the manager behaved as if
he was the owner of the house. The relatives then reported the matter
to the police.”
1 comment:
Wat a wicked world we r dis days
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