Margaret Adiya Ikumu, A teenage housemaid, who posted fake pictures of her purported death on Facebook, yesterday told the police that she was compelled to take such a decision to keep her mother and uncle away from putting financial pressure on her.
Nineteen-year-old Ikumu, who was a maid in an estate in Ajah, said both her mother and uncle abandoned her when her father died but later turned around to be demanding money from her.
“I was just tired of the financial pressure they kept mounting on me. That was why I faked my death as the only way out,” she said.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said that on 15th of November, the Command received a petition signed by one Tony Iji, on behalf of the Ikumu family members, who hail from Oni, Oju Local Government, Benue State.