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The Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested three domestic workers of Judge Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, after the body of the judge’s daughter, Aribemchukwu, was found outside the gate of her Park View Estate house in the Ikoyi area of the state on Wednesday.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in response to questions on the incident. Punch Metro on Wednesday.
A family source familiar with the incident, requesting anonymity because of the seriousness of the matter, said in a social media post that the incident took place on Tuesday night, while the daughter's body was found in the early hours of Wednesday.
The source said the incident appears to be a murder allegedly committed by some of Justice Ajumogobia’s domestic workers who were said to have been employed by him about a month ago.
The source wrote, “The daughter of my brother and sister in law, Soboma and Rita Ajumogobia was murdered in her home at Parkview last night, as her body was found outside the gate of her house this morning.
“It appears that the new staff at the house may have been responsible and may have tried to make it look like she was outside the house when it happened. However, the signs of blood inside the house and the premises after attempting to clean it up tell a different story.
“If this was indeed the work of the staff, it's important to note that they had come to work less than a month earlier and she was alone in the house with them. We all need to be very careful, especially with new employees.”
Hundeyin reacted further when contacted by our correspondent, saying investigations into the incident have commenced.
“Confirmed. Three domestic workers have been arrested. The case is now being processed at the State Criminal Investigation Department,” the PPRO said.
Recall that Justice Ajumogobia was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 15 counts ranging from money laundering and breach of public trust.
He was detained by the EFCC in 2016 while they were investigating the source of about $793,800 which the anti-corruption agency claimed passed through the judge's residential accounts between 2012 and 2015.
Meanwhile, in a 2021 judgment, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Alagoa of the Lagos Division of the FHC upheld Ofili-Ajumogobia’s application to dismiss the charge and dismissed the charges against her.
In 2022, the National Judicial Council ordered his reinstatement as a Federal High Court judge.
The directive was contained in a circular issued by the Chief Justice of the FHC, Justice John Tsoho, on December 5, 2022, informing judges of the court about the development.
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