The ambience of Tayo Laose Close, Akinola Cole Estate,
Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos State, has been fraught with distress since a
worker at Green World, a drug producing firm on the estate, allegedly killed
his Chinese boss, Alice Xu.
It was learnt that the
incident happened around 8pm on Friday at the firm, which the 26-year-old
Chinese woman also used as a residence.
It
was said that the suspect, 28-year-old Okechukwu Amos, a casual worker, sneaked
into Xu’s apartment while she was asleep and covered her nose with a cloth
until she suffocated.
It
was gathered that the suspect had complained that the boss usually harassed
him, and decided to “deal with her” that day.
Not
done, Amos reportedly ransacked the apartment and allegedly stole about
N800,000 and $2,000, which belonged to the deceased.
To
evade arrest at the estate gate, which is manned by private guards and two
policemen, it was gathered that Amos disguised as a
mentally-derailed person.
Luck,
however, ran out on him.
A
security guard, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the suspect almost
escaped from the gate, but he unearthed his identity and alerted one of the
policemen.
He
said, “I was at the security post around 9pm that day when I saw a man
half-naked. He walked towards the gate bare-footed. He was holding a pair of
slippers and carrying a load wrapped with a shirt on his head.
“I
initially took the man for a mad person, but after a closer look, I discovered
that he is Ikechukwu (Amos). I asked him what was wrong and why he was dressed
like that. He said he was angry and that he was quitting his job at the the
company. I asked if the person that brought him to the company was aware, he
said no.
“I
volunteered to call the person, but he refused. I requested to know the content
of the bag with him, he was reluctant.
“That
was when I became suspicious and called a policeman, who was at the gate with
me. He interrogated him and forced him to open the bag. The bag contained a lot
of cash. He led the policeman to the company, where we found the woman dead.”
The
guard said Amos was handed over to the police at the MAN Centre division.
On
a visit to the scene of the incident around 1pm on Sunday, the firm was under
lock and key.
A
worker at a nearby a neighbouring company, who gave his name simply as
Abubakar, said the premises had been shut since Friday.
“It
was when I came to work on Saturday that I learnt about the incident. I was
shocked. The woman was young and usually jogged around the estate. I think it
was greed that made Amos to kill the woman,” he added.
A
police source said the suspect in his statement stated that he had endured
frequent harassment by the woman and decided to punish her.
The
source said, “He was employed recently by the woman through somebody and he
worked at the supply department. He alleged that the woman had been very
insulting and disrespecting to him over a period of time.
“He
gained access into her apartment when she had slept and tied her up. He covered
her mouth and nose and the woman died because she could not breathe properly.
He said he only wanted to punish her and didn’t mean to kill her. Sums of
N800,000 and $2,000 belonging to the woman were recovered from him.”
The
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole,
confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect had been transferred to the
State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.
He
said, “We have the suspect in our custody and he has made confessional
statement. He has been transferred to the SCIID for further investigation.”
Source:Punch
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