Tragedy struck in the Gbagada area of Lagos after a yet-to-be-identified female was stabbed to demise with the aid of her residence help, in her condoapartment on 29, Kiniun-Ifa Street, Sawmill.
It was no longer clear when the fleeing house help, recognized truely as Peter, allegedly committed the murder.
Vanguard reviews the lifeless physique of the woman, in accordance to information gathered, used to be found on March 9, 2024, with the aid of her son, who got here to visit.
When the Vanguard reporter visited the building yesterday, it used to be below lock and key.
The deceased was stated to be the solely occupant in the building.
There are three stores in the front of the building.
A resident in the area, who spoke on the circumstance of anonymity, said: “The woman’s son, upon arriving at the compound, went straight to his mother’s rental only to locate her dead physique on the staircase, with blood all over.
“A long piece of timber suspected to be the homicide weapon was also found.
By then, the body has started out swelling, suggesting that the woman might have been killed days before.”
Vanguard also gathered that the fleeing househelp resumed work a week before the tragedy occurred.
It was in addition gathered that a relative of the agent that added the fleeing househelp had been arrested as the unidentified agent was once nowhere to be found.
Efforts to talk with the deceased son failed as he used to be too devastated to speak.
Policemen at the Ifako Police division were said to have visited the scene and evacuated the corpse.
When Vanguard reporter visited the division, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Owolabi Sefunmi, referred him to the Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman.
However, when the Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin was contacted, he mentioned that the househelp had been arrested and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCIID, Panti, for investigation.
