The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 24-year-old security guard, Barnabas Job, over the alleged murder of a 26-year-old housemaid, Thereza Ekibi.
The housemaid was allegedly murdered in her bedroom on March 5, 2023, by the suspect in the same house where they both work and live at Country Home Estate in the Lekki area of Lagos.
It was gathered that the suspect tried to woo the victim, but when she turned him down , he became angry, picked a cutlass and hacked her to death.
He attempted to escape after killing her but was held by neighbors, who then contacted the police at Ikota Division.
The deceased was said to hail from Wanikade town in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State and took up the job as a house help before she was murdered on March 5, 2023.