50 Year Old VGC Woman Murdered By Gateman Over Salary.

Indications emerged, yesterday, that the 50-year-old
businesswoman, whose discomposing body was found
in her apartment last week at the Victoria Garden City,
VGC, was allegedly murdered by her gate man, following
an argument over the latter’s salary.
Vanguard was informed reliably, that the deceased,
Mabel Okafor, who lived alone in her palatial duplex at
House J68B, Close 9, VGC, Ajah, had no domestic
worker except the gate man.
The gate man, with an undisclosed identity, was said to
have resumed work about two months ago. He was
reportedly brought by the deceased’s former gate
manWhen Vanguard visited the house yesterday,
security was beefed up in the area, with residents
refusing to speak to this reporter. However, a resident
who did not want his name in print, said:
“Nobody knew that the woman was dead until
last Friday. We learned that she was stabbed last
Wednesday, but it was not until her church
members visited on Friday that they found her
decomposing body.
The gate of the building was only bolted, but not
locked when the church members came. One of
them said they became apprehensive after several
calls to her mobile telephone indicated that her
line was switched off, prompting them to pay her
a visit, only to be welcome with a stench from
her room.
“Her body was found on the floor of the sitting
room downstairs, with a knife protruding out of
her stomach.
After her death, some gate men from the
suspected culprit’s ethnic group said he had
boasted that he would leave an indelible mark on
her madam, following argument over increase in
his salary.
They said he claimed he was being paid N20,000
but demanded for an increase of N10,000 but the
woman refused. The fleeing gate man was quoted
by some gate men here to have argued that he
usually washed his madam’s car and also swept
the compound.”
Another resident, who simply gave his name as Goke,
said:
“Police have not been able to get the gate man
since the incident occurred, neither have they
been able to reach the one that brought him. In
fact, the gate man went away with her phone. We
have been warned several times to employ private
guards from registered security companies, but
some landlords here do not heed the advice.
Had the fleeing gate man been employed from a
registered company, it would have been easy for
police to get him. How can one who owned a
property worth about N300 million not be able to
employ the services of a registered security
agents, but chose to go for cheap labour?”