A man and his wife have been arrested for the death of their 19 year old housemaid.
Mr and Mrs Fortune Stephens, were arrested by Operatives of the Lagos State Police command for the death of Joy Okom Adole, at their home at number 18 Ogundola street, in the Bariga area of the state.
The couple called the police to report that their housemaid hanged herself at their home on April 20th following a misunderstanding. The couple was taken to the station for questioning and during preliminary investigation, a different story emerged of how Joy may have met her untimely death.
Her family believe that the couple beat Joy to death and staged her death to look like suicide.
A twitter user who shared the story wrote ;
Justice for Joy Okom Adole, Joy is from Ukpa Oju local govt area in benue state, she was murder by Mrs Nene Fortune Stephens whom she served as a house maid on Monday 20th April 2020 in her resident at Gbagada area of Lagos state, she was murder and then hang by Mrs Nene.
Justice for Joy Okom Adole, Joy is from Ukpa Oju local govt area in benue state, she was murder by Mrs Nene Fortune Stephens whom she served as a house maid on Monday 20th April 2020 in her resident at Gbagada area of Lagos state, she was murder and then hang by Mrs Nene. pic.twitter.com/ikqWYldQz2
— Ode El-rufia (@AndrewOde3) April 22, 2020
