A woman and three men have been arrested for torturing her 16-year-old maid to death, after the maid was accused of stealing her N2,000.
The woman, Shade Moke and the trio were arrested on Sunday by the Lagos state police command, after a repoet was made that her maid, Halimat Sodiq, aged 16, was tortured and her remains buries at Atan cemetery, Yaba.
In a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, DSP Bala Elkana, said the police received an information on Saturday morning, that Shade Moke, conspired with three others to kill Halimat over allegation of stealing.
An allegation which she was said to have denied.
“They allegedly buried her secretly at Atan Cemetery in Yaba Lagos so as to conceal the murder. The four persons, suspected of complicity, were arrested but they denied the allegations.
“They however admitted slapping the girl for denying that she stole the money.
“They claimed that the girl went into convulsion after drinking water and that the she was taken to three different hospitals before she eventually died,” the statement read in part.
Elkana added that the suspects denied burying the victim, claiming that she was buried by her own parents.
