The police in Lagos is holding a 22-year-old man, who allegedly killed his employer and her mother. Joseph Ogbu was on Thursday arrested for allegedly killing Oreoluwa John, 38, and her 89-year-old mother, Adejoke John. He allegedly committed the crime two days after he was employed as a houseboy.
The Nation learnt that the incident occurred between 2am and 3am on Thursday in the deceased’s No. 4, Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos home. Ogbu, from Benue State, is said to have stabbed Oreoluwa to death. He is also being held for Adejoke’s death. There is, however, conflicting information as to how Adejoke, who would have been 90 next April, died. According to the police, she slumped and died of shock after seeing her daughter’s body.
But a close relative of the deceased told The Nation in confidence that there were nail marks and blood around her neck, suggesting that she was strangled.
Ogbu was apprehended as he tried to flee in the elderly woman’s car, filled with her valuables. A cousin of the deceased, Mr. Tajudeen Taofeek, who spoke on behalf of the family, narrated how the incident occurred. He said: “At about 2am, I received a call from mama’s number, but I was surprised because mama hasn’t called by that time before. So, I didn’t pick up immediately, but later my phone rang again and I picked it up. But it wasn’t mama’s voice that spoke, it was a stranger. The man is a tricycle rider who ferries people returning from club at night.
“When I asked the man what he was doing with mama’s phone, he said that mama was dead. “I was shocked. I asked what happened and he said he met a young man who was trying to run out of mama’s gate with her car, and because mama was a very well-known person to everyone, he knew that mama won’t be moving out by that time of the night. So, he blocked the car with his tricycle and asked the person to come down, but he refused.
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