The Niger State Police Command has paraded a 14-year-old housemaid, Joy Afekafe, in connection with the tragic killing of Associate Professor Funmilola Sherifat Adefolalu from the Federal University of Technology Minna.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, revealed that the 14-year-old housemaid has allegedly confessed to the murder of the respected lecturer in a statement on Tuesday.
Residents had discovered Prof. Funmilola Sherifat Adefolalu lifeless in her own home, lying in a pool of her own blood on Sunday. Beside her were knives, with her throat cruelly slit.
The Bosso Division of the Police Command conducted an investigation that ultimately led to the arrest of the young housemaid, who hails from the Gbeganu area of Minna, the state capital.
Abiodun stated, “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, “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.”
