A Nigerian mother, who worked for asylum seekers in Britain, has been stabbed to death in her London home in front of her own children. The victim, who was named as Ayodele Akinsiku, was found a few metres from her front door where she had bled to death after trying to escape from her killer. It is understood that her three young children were inside the home when the murder took place.

The body of a man, who was thought to be the killer, was also found at the scene in Deptford. Police said they were treating the death of the civil servant as murder. The man’s death was officially described as “unexplained.”

Detectives on Friday working on the theory that he had stabbed Mrs. Akinsiku first before turning the knife on himself.

Neighbours of Akinsiku, who lived in a tower block in Evelyn Street, said she was a Christian with three children, aged eight, five and two, and served as a parent governor at Grinling Gibbons Primary School.

Friend, Annette Reid, 34, said Akinsiku dealt with appeals at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, and her husband, who was thought to have been out at the time of the killing, had just finished a master’s degree.

Mrs Reid said: “Apparently, there was an altercation the previous night and from what I’ve been told, the man stabbed her and then killed himself.

“She tried to get out of the door but collapsed on the landing. You could see the paramedics trying to resuscitate her. The children saw everything and are very traumatised. That’s what her husband told my husband.”

Mrs. Reid said her friend had previously argued with a man who had been living with the family after moving from Nigeria. Scotland Yard said the man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene at about 8:00 a.m. on Friday.Nigerian Woman Killed In London.


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Guess who stabbed her?
Mentally challenged brother in-law.
Stabbed himself afterwards in the flat. Heard he only just arrived in the UK like 3 months before the dreadful thing happened.
May her soul rest in perfect peace

jay bee:

Guess who stabbed her?
Mentally challenged brother in-law.
Stabbed himself afterwards in the flat. Heard he only just arrived in the UK like 3 months before the dreadful thing happened.
May her soul rest in perfect peace

are you serious, WTF

yes i am bruv
one of ma mates i play footie with every sat is a relative of the deceased. The kids are staying with his mum.

wow
that is crazy, where is her husband

in london na. was not at home at the time

dats bad mehn
I live 2 mins away frm deptford P/S and didn't even knw till dis afternoon

shit happens

the idiot probably asked for some money and when she said no he killed her - or maybe he wanted to tap current and NEPA had black out and he went kolo

the man is pure evil - to kill a women in front of her own young children - may his soul not rest in peace

May her gentle soul rest in peace.

The man is a coward. I can't help but feel terrible for the children, I hope they get a lot of therapy because that is an event they will never forget.

May her soul rest in peace. Why was the mentally unstable brother in law staying there especially with the children?

So sad! May her soul rest in peace!

no be extended family!
i'm sure they would have found some cultural reason why the brother needed to help the other out, since the uk resident was living a better life abi

some relative in Nigeria would have pushed for the killer brother's relocation and tried to avoid the stigma of mental illness
wouldnt be surprised if he's been 'demonstrating' all the way from nigeria

why he no demonstrate for heathrow immigration desk *hissssssssssss*

May her soul rest in peace!

salsera:

no be extended family!
i'm sure they would have found some cultural reason why the brother needed to help the other out, since the uk resident was living a better life abi

some relative in Nigeria would have pushed for the killer brother's relocation and tried to avoid the stigma of mental illness
wouldnt be surprised if he's been 'demonstrating' all the way from nigeria

why he no demonstrate for heathrow immigration desk *hissssssssssss*

This is sad and to know that the kids are there while this happen is really sad.