Police investigating alleged suicide of 18-year-old house maid
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has called for an in-depth investigation into the death of an 18-year-old house maid, Abigail Felix. Felix, who was working for a family at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, as a househelp, was believed to have committed suicide. Odumosu had already directed that the case be transferred to the […]
Abigail Felix
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has called for an in-depth investigation into the death of an 18-year-old house maid, Abigail Felix.
Felix, who was working for a family at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, as a househelp, was believed to have committed suicide.
Odumosu had already directed that the case be transferred to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID) Yaba.
No arrest has been made yet over the incident.
It was believed that Felix, who hailed from the Republic of Benin, drank the deadly DD insecticide to take her life.
The police had not seen any suicide note, though.
According to a police source, Felix, who moved in with her employers, the Akinrinmades, two years ago, left the house without informing anyone of her whereabouts.
After searching for her without any result, a case of a missing person was lodged at the nearest police station.
The police source added that the next day, Abigail sneaked into one of the rooms in the house. When interrogated, she failed to disclose where she was the previous night. She allegedly ran into another room in the house where she locked herself in and refused to open the door.
Efforts to get her out failed until the door was pulled down and she was found with a foamy substance around her mouth, with a bottle of the DD insecticide by her side.
She was immediately rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, where she died as doctors battled to save her life.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Lagos State police command, Bala Elkana, said Faith’s body had been released to the family as no foul play was suspected.