The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 24-year-old security guard, Barnabas Job, over the alleged mu>rder of a 26-year-old housemaid, Thereza Ekibi.
The housemaid was allegedly mu>rdered in her bedroom by the suspect at the same house they both work and live at Country Home Estate in the Lekki area of Lagos.
It was further gathered that the suspect tried to woo the victim but when she turned him down, he became angry, picked a cutlass and h>acked her to de^ath.
He attempted to escape after ki^lling her but was held by neighbours, who then contacted the police at Ikota Division.
The deceased was said to hail from Wanikade town in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State and took up the job as a house help before she was mu^rdered on March 5, 2023.
