The Lagos state police command have apprehended 4 individuals for allegedly killing a househelp in the Bariga area of the state.
In a statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Bala Elkana,
says that the Bariga Police station officers received a tipoff on 9th of May, 2020, that one Shade Moke, 41, ploted with 3 other persons on 29th February, 2020, and allegedly murdered her 16-year-old maid, Halimat Sodiq, over an allegation of stealing.
Bala’s statement read;
The victim is said to be a house help to Shade Moke. She was accused of stealing N2000 from her madam which she denied. The madam invited the remaining three suspects who tortured the girl to death. They buried her secretly at Atan cemetery Lagos, so as to conceal the murder. The four suspects were arrested but they denied the allegations.
They however, admitted slapping the girl for denying that she stole the money. They claimed that the girl went into convulsion after drinking water and that they took her to three different hospitals before she eventually died. That the girl was buried by her parents not the suspects. The parents were also contacted for their statement”.
Bala Elkana added that CP Hakeem Odumosu psc, the state Commissioner of Police, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
The suspects will soon be charged to Court.
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