House help beheads chief magistrate

A twenty five-year-old male house help
simply identified as David yesterday,
beheaded a retired chief magistrate, Mrs.
Olufunmilayo Timeyin in her Laderin Estate,
Abeokuta, Ogun State residence.
David, who had only worked as house help
to the Timeyin household for only two
months, was said to have scaled the fence
of the house at about 3:30pm to attack the
retired senior magistrate with a machete,
hacking her to death.
He was also said to have switched off the
electricity supply to the house before
attacking the retired senior magistrate who
had wanted to go and open the gate to the
house for her son, Olamide who had just
arrived from an outing.
Having accomplished his alleged mission
to attack her, David was said to have
scaled the fence back into the bush behind
the house where he hid himself to avoid
being caught.
The alarm raised by Olamide who had
heard the desperate cries of her mum
attracted some residents who immediately
alerted the men of the Ogun State Vigilance
Service in the area.
One of the OSV 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.
Our correspondent gathered from family
members who pleaded anonymity that the
house help had last week been arrested
and detained by the police for allegedly
burgling the Timeyin family residence.
David was said to have stolen household
items, including jewellery, electronics and
GSM handsets. He was allegedly caught
while trying to sell off the phones and
handed over to the police by GSM phone
dealers at Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta.
The late chief magistrate was said to have
pleaded with the police to release the
house help who was only let off the hook
last Monday.
The Chief Justice 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.