By RismadarVoice Reporter
December 7, 2025
A young man from Plateau State, identified simply as Nengak, has reportedly lost his life in Lagos under circumstances that have reignited disturbing questions about mob justice, exploitation of domestic workers, and silence around violent crimes in elite neighbourhoods.
According to accounts from Bitrus Idi, who claims to be a close friend of the deceased, Nengak worked as a security aide and domestic help for a family in the upscale Victoria Garden City (VGC) area of Lagos.
Though hired as a security man, Idi said Nengak’s duties extended far beyond that role, including cooking, washing cars and taking the couple’s children to school, a common reality for many young house helps whose job descriptions silently expand without protection or regulation.
Reports allege that the employer’s wife developed a close personal relationship with the young man over time, eventually leading to an affair that allegedly lasted for months.
The employer, said to be frequently out of the country, reportedly installed a CCTV system after hearing rumours of the relationship.
On the day of the incident, he allegedly pretended to travel, while inviting a group of young men to stay nearby.
According to the account, he later stormed the house with the group after catching the two in the bedroom via live footage.
What followed, according to the source, was violent mob action that ended in Nengak’s death.
Perhaps more troubling than the death itself is what followed:
•No formal case filed.
•No powerful voice demanding justice.
•A body still lying in a morgue.
•Friends unable to afford autopsy or legal processes.
“Till now, nobody has been held accountable,” Idi said, adding that the police allegedly requested payment for autopsy and procedures.
This is not just a story about adultery.
It is a story about power, privilege, silence, and jungle justice.
If the allegation is true, then the real crime is not only betrayal. It is murder without consequence.
Nigeria’s constitution guarantees the right to life and fair hearing, regardless of social class, occupation, or mistake.
Yet, in reality, many domestic workers live unprotected, voiceless, and disposable lives.
How does a young man die in an estate with security, cameras, and structure and the case quietly fades away?
Who pays for justice when the victim has no godfather? Who speaks when the dead cannot?
His name was Nengak. Not just a “houseboy.” Not just a “security man.” Not just a headline. A son of someone. A friend. A human being.
And until his story is properly investigated, this case remains more than a tragedy.
It remains a question hanging over the conscience of a nation.
