The police have arrested a couple for allegedly beating to death a house maid and making it look like she committed suicide.
Police operatives in Lagos said they had arrested Nene Fortune and her husband, Stephens, in connection with the death of Joy Akom Adole, who was their housemaid.
Joy was said to be living with the couple at their Bariga, Lagos, residence before her sudden death.
It was gathered that Joy started working with the couple in January, 2022 and was being paid N15,000 per month.
On April 20, 2022, the couple was said to have called the police to report that she had committed suicide.
The couple alleged that she committed suicide following a misunderstanding with her madam, Fortune.
However, when the police visited the scene, they found out that the deceased was tortured and might have died in the process.
Confirming the incident, the command’s spokesperson, Bala Elkana, said: “Our operatives at Bariga received a complaint from a couple that their house help committed suicide. That is the initial report that they got.
“The DPO led a team of Homicide detectives to the house and they saw the house girl hanging on a rope but the way she stood on the rope raised an eyebrow because it actually looked like it was a stage managed event.
“The detectives went further to check for marks of violence and they saw a lot, fresh wounds,” the police said. (Freedomwatch)
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