Woman tortures 16 year old maid to death over N2, 000
A woman, Shade Moke resident of Bariga area in Lagos State has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly torturing her house-help to death over allegations of stealing N2, 000
Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana in a statement said, the woman conspired with three other suspects who were also in police custody as at the time of this reports to commit the crime
The police said the woman after torturing the 16 year old victim, Halimat Sodiq to death on February 2, subsequently buried the body to conceal then act, explaining that, “on 9/05/2020 at about 1130hrs, Bariga Police Station received an information that one Shade Moke ‘f’ 41 years old conspired with three others on 29/2/2020 and killed one Halimat Sodiq ‘f’ 16 years old over an allegation of stealing.”
“The victim is said to be a house help to Shade Moke. She was alleged of stealing N2000 from her madam which she denied. The madam invited the remaining three suspects who tortured the girl to death’.
‘They buried her secretly at Atan cemetery Lagos, so as to conceal the murder. The four suspects were arrested but they denied the allegations. They however, admitted slapping the girl for denying that she stole the money, ”Elkana said.
Penpushing also reports that, the police image maker said the suspects claimed that the girl went into convulsion after drinking water and they took her to three different hospitals before she eventually died.
The statement stated that, the suspects claimed that the girl was buried by her parents and the parents were contacted for their statements, adding the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
