Afeez Hanafi
Emotion ran high on Thursday as late
Temidayo Adeleke, who was stabbed to death by her Cameroonian house
help, was laid to rest at The Vaults and Gardens, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
Prior to the burial, a funeral service
attended by families and friends of the deceased was held at Guiding
Light Assembly on Parkview Estate, where the victim lived.
News had reported that
Joel Ludguo approached the 32-year-old victim around 10.30pm on Tuesday,
December 20, 2016, and asked for advance payment of N15,000 out of his
N27,000 salary.
Adeleke, whose marriage was slated for
early 2017, was said to have pleaded with him to be patient, saying she
did not have naira notes on her.
The entreaty, however, fell on deaf ears
as Ludguo left the boss’ living room in anger only to return a few
minutes later with a knife and stabbed her in the chest.
The police had said the 22-year-old
cleaner was desperate to send the money to his girlfriend in Cameroon,
adding that the suspect would be duly prosecuted.
The security guard of the Adelekes’ residence, who identified himself simply as Abbah, had told News that the suspect was employed about two months ago, adding that he was on drugs.
He said, “The boy is wicked and I have
always warned him. He takes drugs. When policemen checked his clothes,
they found tremor there. Madam bought him a new phone last month and she
usually gave him money apart from his salary. She brought him home
through her church member last month and they lived in her flat.
“It was the driver who lives in the
adjoining flat that heard madam scream. By the time he got there, she
was gasping with blood gushing out of her chest. The driver alerted me
immediately to stop Joel at the gate and he was later arrested,” he had
said.
A mammoth crowd flooded The Vaults and
Gardens on Thursday during the burial of the victim as tears streamed
down the faces of many sympathisers.
The family members of the deceased were
distraught to speak to journalists, but friends described Adeleke as a
kind-hearted and passionate woman, who lived a virtuous life.
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