Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Police have arrested four suspects for allegedly killing a 16 year old house girl in Bariga.
According to police diary, “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 and was accused of stealing #2000 from her madam which she denied.
According to the Police the madam invited the remaining three suspects who tortured the girl to death, buried her secretly at Atan cemetery Lagos, so as to conceal the murder.
The four suspects were arrested but they denied the allegations but however, admitted slapping the girl for denying that she stole the money.
The suspects claimed that the girl went into convulsion after drinking water and they took her to three different hospitals before she eventually died and that the girl was buried by her parents not the suspects.
The Police have invited the girls parents their statements.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
The suspects will soon be charged to Court, said the Police