House helps strangles businessman to death over N500k in Lagos

Two House helps, identified simply as Biodun and Joseph, have been declared wanted by the police in Lagos State, over the death of their boss, Alhaji Rabin Owolabi Oyenuga.

The suspects, who are from Cotonou, Benin Republic, allegedly strangled their boss, a house developer, to death at his home in Ikorodu, in the early hours of Thursday, November 5, 2020.

According to the daughter of the decreased, Adetola Oyenuga, the suspects made away with the sum of N500k, phones, jewelries, among other valuables.

“They took the ladder to pass through the ceiling and came out of the visitor’s toilet which is adjacent to my dad’s room.

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They went to his room gaged him and strangled him to death and went away with his phones, jewelries and a sum of N500k that was brought to him last night.

They escaped through the gate and left the mask they use at the entrance. My father is very accommodating and a philanthropist. He didn’t deserve to die this way,” she said.