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From John Adams, Minna
The Niger State Police Command says it has apprehended a 14 years Joy Afekafe ‘of Gbeganu, community in Minna, the state capital as a prime suspect over the gruesome murder of a Lecturer with the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Prof Mrs Funmilola Adefolalu.
The late Prof Mrs Funmilola Adefolalu was murdered at her residence in Gbaiko, a suburb of Minna on Saturday night by her assiliants.
The Police Command in a statement in Minna on Tuesday by the Public Relation Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said the police arrested the 14 year old Joy Afekafe, a former housemaid of the deceased.
The suspected housemaid, according to Wasiu, served as her housemaid for three weeks but later parted away before her assassination.
According to the police after she was laid off, the suspect met her classmates called Walex and Smart and narrated her ordeal with her late Boss to them and conspired to attack the Lecturer at her residence.
The Command further stated that “during interrogation, the suspect confessed that she served as the deceased’s housemaid for about three weeks, and she was laid off due to her misdeed in the house.
“She said they went to the residence on 28/10/2023 at about 1600hrs, with a motorcycle and she surfaced at the gate, while the lecturer opened the gate for her.
“Walex and Smart later entered, beat the deceased, hit her head with a stood and stabbed her with a knife brought by Walex while Smart took another knife from the kitchen, and stabbed her severally.”
The suspect added that the deceased phone and laptop were taken away, while the battery of the vehicle parked in the compound was removed before they fled the scene.
Wasiu disclosed that on receiving the report, the Police Division swung into action and carried out series of interviews from the neighbourhood and friends of the family, while investigation led to the arrest of the deceased’s housemaid one.
The suspect will be transferred to SCID for further investigation and diligent prosecution, while effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing other suspects.
