CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
A male domestic staff, Joseph Ogbu, has been arrested for
allegedly killing his 38-year old employer, John Oreoluwa, and her 89-year old mother two days after he was employed in Lagos.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at No. 4 Ogunlana Drive, Surulere area of Lagos where the family resides.
The 22-year old suspect, who was employed on June 18, 2019, had spent barely 24 hours in the house when he allegedly stabbed his boss to death with a kitchen knife on Wednesday night.
Ogbu alleged that the aged mother of his boss, who heard her daughter screaming for help before she gave up, also slumped and died after she found the lifeless body of her daughter in her room.
Information gathered has it that Oreoluwa had asked the suspect to clean the house at about 9pm on Wednesday, when an argument ensued between the two resulting in the stabbing.
Ogbu had after the killings, been alleged to have attempted to escape with a Toyota Camry Saloon car, phones, television set, jewelries and other valuables of the deceased persons.
However, he ran out of luck when policemen on patrol at Ogunlana Drive pin-down point intercepted him.
The vehicle and other stolen items were recovered from him.
Confirming the arrest of the suspect, Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana Bala, said that on June 20, 2019, at 3am, Surulere Police Station received a distress call from No 4 Ogunlana Drive,Surulere, that one Joseph Ogbu, from Oju Local Government Area of Benue State, who was employed as a domestic staff on June 18, 2019, murdered his employer John Oreoluwa and her Mother, Adejoke John, at the above mentioned residential address
“The suspect confessed to the crime. In his statement, he averred that his employer asked him to clean the house at about 9p.m.on the said day but an argument ensued between them, which prompted him to stab her with a knife.
“He said the shock of her dead body made her aged mother to slump and died.
“Considering the fact that they are dead, the suspect moved some valuable properties such as electronics, handsets and household items into the employer’s Toyota Camry Saloon Car and attempted to escape to where he cannot be found, before he was apprehended by Policemen on patrol at Ogunlana pin-down point.
“The vehicle and items stolen were recovered. The crime scene was sealed off and corpses of the two victims were taken to Mainland Hospital, Yaba, for autopsy.”
DSP Bala further stated that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu, has ordered the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Yaba, to take over the investigation and charge the suspect to Court.