The police in Lagos State have arrested a
22-year-old housekeeper, Tanko Abdulateef, who allegedly stabbed his
employer, Mrs. Mabel Okafor, to death in the Ajah area of the state.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Okafor
was stabbed in the stomach in her apartment on Close 9, Victoria Garden
City, Ajah, on August 17, while her valuables, including three mobile
phones, a trinket and some clothes, were stolen.
Our correspondent learnt that Abdulateef
had fled the apartment on the day of the incident, which aroused the
police’s suspicion that he was behind the murder.