The murder of a Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr Fumilola Adefolalu, has been traced to the deceased’s 14-year-old maid, Joy Afekafe, in collusion with her classmates, simply identified as Walex and Smart. The murder of a Federal University of Technology Minna lecturer, Dr Fumilola Adefolalu, has been traced to the deceased’s 14-year-old maid, Joy Afekafe, in collusion with her classmates, simply identified as Walex and Smart.....CONTINUE READING
Adefolalu was found dead with wounds at her residence in Gbaiko Area of Minna on October 10, 2023.
The discovery was by the slain don’s church members who checked on her after she didn’t turn up for service.
A manhunt launched for Adefolalu’s killers has now produced results with Afekafe arrested.
The teenage girl, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun owned up to the crime.
Abiodun related this in a statement he released.
It read in part:“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.
“After she was laid off, she met her classmates called Walex and Smart, narrated her ordeal to them and conspired to attack the lecturer at her residence.
“Afekafe said they went to the lecturer’s residence on October 28, 2023, around 1600hrs, with a motorcycle and she surfaced at the gate, while the lecturer opened the gate for her.
“Walex and Smart later entered, beat and hit the lecturer’s head with a stool and stabbed her with a knife brought by Walex while Smart took another knife from the kitchen, and stabbed her severally.”
Abiodun stated further, “She (Afekafe) said the deceased’s phone and laptop were taken away, while they also removed the battery of the vehicle parked in the compound and fled the scene.
“The suspect will be transferred to SCID for further investigation and diligent prosecution, while effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing other suspects.”
Adefolalu was found dead with wounds at her residence in Gbaiko Area of Minna on October 10, 2023.
The discovery was by the slain don’s church members who checked on her after she didn’t turn up for service.
A manhunt launched for Adefolalu’s killers has now produced results with Afekafe arrested.
The teenage girl, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun owned up to the crime.
Abiodun related this in a statement he released.
It read in part:“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.
“After she was laid off, she met her classmates called Walex and Smart, narrated her ordeal to them and conspired to attack the lecturer at her residence.
“Afekafe said they went to the lecturer’s residence on October 28, 2023, around 1600hrs, with a motorcycle and she surfaced at the gate, while the lecturer opened the gate for her.
“Walex and Smart later entered, beat and hit the lecturer’s head with a stool and stabbed her with a knife brought by Walex while Smart took another knife from the kitchen, and stabbed her severally.”
Abiodun stated further, “She (Afekafe) said the deceased’s phone and laptop were taken away, while they also removed the battery of the vehicle parked in the compound and fled the scene.
“The suspect will be transferred to SCID for further investigation and diligent prosecution, while effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing other suspects.”
