High court was told Rashida Ajayi worked at the home of Teresa Abu and husband Joel for a decade for about £300 a yearA civil servant and her husband kept an African woman in servitude at their home, a judge has concluded. Rashida Ajayi said she had been a domestic worker at the home of Teresa and Joel Abu for a decade. Mrs Abu, a civil servant involved in policy support at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and her husband disputed Ajayi’s claims. Ajayi said she had been a domestic worker at the Abus’ home between 2005 and 2015 after being brought from Nigeria. She said she had been subjected to minimally paid domestic servitude and had little or no personal freedom.

Source: The Guardian August 21, 2017 16:21 UTC