A 59-year old grandmother, Mrs. Agnes Elue, was yesterday found dead in her bedroom on One Day Road, Awkunanaw, Enugu State. She was allegedly killed by her houseboy.
Elue, from Ogwashi-Uku in Delta State, was said to have been clubbed to death last Sunday by her teenage house boy whose identity is being withheld.
The deceased was an employee of the Federal Government College, Enugu. She was popularly known as “Nwanyi Maluogo” by neighbours because of her kind disposition.
The house boy, according to sources, is a close relation of the deceased.
Police said the house boy, who concealed the body for four days, confessed to have hit the woman with a pestle during a scuffle.
Police spokesperson Ebere Amaraizu confirmed the incident. He said the murder was discovered yesterday morning after the boy attempted to rape a widow in the same compound.
According to him, the boy demanded N2000 from the widow but before she could reply him, he had pounced on her and was stripping her naked when her noise attracted the attention of the caretaker.
The caretaker dealt the boy several blows while the widow hit him with a pestle.
They took him to his madam’s flat to report and discovered her decomposing body.
The boy confessed to have killed her on Sunday night while it was raining. He did not give reasons for his action.
But the police are not ruling out rape since the body was without clothes when it was found.
Amaraizu confirmed that the house boy, who is also from Ogwashi-Uku in Delta State, is in their custody and the case was being investigated.