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Police confirms Justice Offili-Ajumogobia’s daughter’s death, arrests 3
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of Justice Offili-Ajumogobia’s daughter, Chukwu.
Chukwu’s father, Mr. Soboma Ajumogobia, is the younger brother of Odein Ajumogobia, a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.
The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, told journalists that three domestic staff had been arrested in connection with the incident.
He said the judge’s daughter was found dead on Wednesday.
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Hundeyin said: “Three domestic staff have been arrested and handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department, which has since taken over the investigation.
“Chukwu was found lifeless this morning (Wednesday) at about 6:45 a.m. at the entrance of her parents’ house on Bembe Street, Parkview Estate, Lagos.
“The detention of the three suspects was in line with a directive from the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade, for a thorough investigation of the death.”
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