Barely 24 hours
after a policeman killed wife, five others and self in Abeokuta, a-65-year-old
retired Chief magistrate, Olufunmilayo Timeyin, was slaughtered by a house help
at her residence in Laderin estate in Obafemi-Owode
local government area of Ogun State.
The
25-year-old house help simply
identified as David allegedly scaled the fence of the late Timeyins bungalow,
deactivated the security system inside the building and laid siege within the premises before hacking the retired magistrates to death.
David, an Igede,
Benue state-born was reportedly employed two months ago and sent packing two weeks ago for allegedly stealing his
boss valuables including phones and
jewelries which led to his arrest and subsequently release on the boss order.
Vanguard gathered
that David, after killing his former
boss, he scaled the fence back into the bush behind the house where he hid
himself to avoid being caught.
The accused David
who beheaded Mrs. Funmilayo Temehin a retired Senior Magistrate with cutlass at
Laderin Housing Estate Abeokuta Friday being over powered.
It was further
gathered that one of the sons of the
late Chief Magistrate, Olumide ,who had earlier knocked on the gates and heard
the desperate cries of his mum raised
alarm and residents in-turn alerted the
men of the Ogun State Vigilance Service.
One of the VSO men
who raced to the scene, Oluseye Fasina attached to Operation Two, Laderin Unit
told our correspondent that he immediately ran to the back of the house where
he met David who had pulled off his clothes inside the bush and arrested him.
The Policemen
waited endlessly to get an ambulance to take the corpse of the retired
magistrate to the mortuary but, could not get any from the state.
The corpse was
later taken away to the mortuary by a private Mazda Space bus with registration
number Ogun AV 106 AAB at about 7:14pm.
The Chief of Ogun
State, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade and the state Commissioner for Local
Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Basorun Muyiwa Oladipo were amongst the
sympathisers who visited the late retired Chief Magistrate’s residence.
Policemen from
Kemta Idi-aba and Ibara cordoned off the area while detectives searched for
evidence of the crime inside the house. Journalists were barred from the house.
When contacted,
the Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi said he had yet to be
briefed on the incident.

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