What a Wicked World:Maid, manager take over boss’ business after killing her

Lagos State Police PRO

For allegedly killing their boss, a Manager and a Housemaid are currently cooling their heels at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja.

The victim whose name was given as Alhaja Sikirat Eko of Omole Phase 1, Lagos State was until her untimely death the owner of a restaurant and bar located in her compound, where she lived alone with her maid.

The suspects, according to the police authorities reportedly murdered Eko at her home located on 5, Babatunde Ladega Street and threw her corpse into a well .

After the gruesome murder, the manager and the maid continued managing the bar, claiming that their boss had travelled.

The suspects met their waterloo when relatives of the late Eko came on a visit and demanded for the deceased’s whereabouts, and having failed to give a reasonable answer, the relatives reported to the case to Area G Command, in Ogba.

A police source confirmed that after killing the restaurant owner, the bloodthirsty duo threw Eko into a well inside the compound alongside a generator.

The source said, “The manager was using the deceased’s phone and assumed her identity. Sometimes, he would send text messages with her phone, telling people that all was well.”
Dailypost gathered that when the house was rigorously searched, Eko’s corpse was found in a decomposing state.

A family friend, who wouldn’t want his name mentioned said, “Mummy (Eko) has just one child and she lives in the United Kingdom. When she could not get her mother on the telephone, she called relatives to help her find out what was wrong.

“When the relatives got there, the manager told them that she had travelled. The relatives became suspicious because the house was left open and the manager behaved as if he was the owner of the house. The relatives then reported the matter to the police.”

Since the tragic incident, the house has been under lock and keys.

Meanwhile a security guard in the area said the late Eko hadn’t been seen in the area for the past 2 months now.

He said, “The last time we saw madam (Eko) was during Sallah. When we asked the housemaid her whereabouts, she said she had travelled to Abuja. I became suspicious because her vehicle was still parked outside the compound.

“It wasn’t until Saturday when policemen stormed the area that we knew what had happened. Policemen arrested about five of us, thinking that we were among but fortunately, the manager and the maid confessed.

“The incident is very sad because madam (Eko) was a very nice person. There was one time that my motorcycle was seized. She was the one that urged the police to give it back to me.”

Confirming the sad incident, Lagos State PPRO Ngozi Braide, said the manager was the one who planned the killing.

She added that the suspects would be paraded before journalists at the command on Friday (today).

“The two suspects have confessed to the crime and they will be paraded before journalists on Friday,” she said.