Crime
Police arrest killer of Akure caterer
Police arrest killer of Akure caterer in Ondo State after intense manhunt.
The killer of the Akure caterer, Philip Emmanuel, 17-year old cook, during interrogation by the Ondo State Police Command on Wednesday, narrated how he and his accomplice, killed their madam, Mrs. Adene Iyabode Deborah.
Parading the suspect at the Ondo Police headquarters, the Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, CP Abayomi Oladipo, warned that @OndoPoliceNg “Bosses should Avoid open financial discussion in the presence of their Staff,” after the killer confessed how N150,000 transaction lured him into the action.
National Daily Newspaper gathered that the late caterer, Adene, was found dead in her apartment after not being seen for some days. She was stabbed severally and her head severed.
Philip Emmanuel, a cook, confessing to the crime, said he has worked with the women for five months.
According to Philip Emmanuel, “Precious, employed as a driver for two months before the incident, lured him into the crime.
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Philip disclosed that Precious overheard that N150,000 was paid into their madam’s account, then, induced him that they should kill the caterer and take the money.
Philip Emmanuel was cited to have narrated in his confession: “I am here because I killed my madam. Last month, I have worked with her for five months. I was her cook. She just employed a driver who have only worked for two weeks.
“One day the driver came to me and said N150,000 just entered madam account. He told me we should killed my madam and collect the money. I said I have not killed someone before.
“On Saturday, madam said I should come and help her wash clothes that she was very tired. The driver came around and madam was surprised but the driver explained that he wanted to help her.
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“That day, the driver brought a drink and gave to me. I drank it. He brought out a cutlass and started threatening me that he will also kill me.
“We went into the house and he pushed me inside. I said i should use cutlass to hit the woman. I did it. But I started crying.
“After we killed the woman, the driver went to check the only in the account and found only N60,000. He gave me N30,000. I went to Idanre.
“After four days, we heard the woman has died. Police called us to come and explain when last we saw the woman. I told them and they asked me to go home.
“They called me again and told me I am in communication with the driver. I had to confess.”