A suspect has given chilling details about the motive for m*rdering the daughter of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia.
Young Dr. Aribemchukwu, daughter was murdered in her apartment on Bembe Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi area of Lagos, on Tuesday night.
The disturbing confession was made by one of her domestic staff, 21-year-old Peter Abigiel, who was arrested alongside two others: Olatunji Oluwasegun, 35, and Umaru Mamman, 45, by the Police.
It was reliably gathered that Abigiel, who worked as a maid, confessed during interrogation that the deceased, a Medical Doctor fondly called Chuchu, was gagged and st*bbed in the neck.
Chuchu, who was in her early 30s and the first of two children, lived alone with the domestic staff. The maid further told detectives that they k!lled her because they wanted to collect some cash and other valuables.
Chuchu’s lifeless body was found in front of her house at about 6:45am on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. However, Abigiel’s confession has confirmed the bereaved family’s suspicion that Chuchu was m*rdered inside her apartment and her body dumped outside.
Vanguard reliably gathered that after the arrest of the three domestic staff, they were kept in separate cells, from where they were interrogated one after the other. The duo of Oluwasegun and Mamman denied culpability in the m*rder when questioned. However, Abigiel opened up during her session. When they were brought together, sources said she revealed each other’s role in the gruesome act.
She told detectives that they tied her neck with a piece of cloth, and that while she struggled to free herself, one of them gagged her and stabbed her in the neck.
Though she told detectives that the motive was to leave her unconscious and flee with the valuables, she said that on realizing she was d3ad, Oluwasegun and Mamman dragged her body out of the apartment, under the cover of darkness, before they cleaned the bl00d-stained floor.
Thereafter, she said they concluded to escape by morning. That was, however, after they ransacked the deceased’s room and collected what they wanted.
Speaking on the incident yesterday, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade, said detectives traced the bl00d that was not properly cleaned to where they perpetrated the crime.
He said, “The driver tried to deny, but the maid insisted they did it together. Signs of an attempt to clean up blood inside the house and in the compound were there. Besides, they were found in possession of the deceased’s valuables they attempted to escape with”.