A man has been nabbed
and is being made to pay for his criminal act after he reportedly murdered his
own boss.
The 42-year-old suspect was said to
have been hired by Akinmulero on commission basis since September 2017, but had
a disagreement with the manager on Wednesday over his wage.
The argument was said to have become
heated and the suspect reportedly stabbed Akinmulero and fled with N700,000
belonging to the cooperative society.
It was gathered that the cooperative
society money was meant to be given to agents to buy cocoa produce from farmers
in the rural areas.
Parading the suspect at the Ondo
State Police Command headquarters in Akure on Thursday, the Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr Femi Joseph, said the suspect allegedly killed his boss
and stole the N700,000 which the deceased withdrew from a bank.
Joseph said, “Akinwumi
(Akinmulero) withdrew N700,000 from a bank. He was the manager of a
multi-purpose cooperative society belonging to farmers in Ondo.
“On seeing him with the money,, the
suspect followed his boss, stabbed him and stole the money. Luck, however, ran
out on him as he was chased by the people around.
“He jumped into one compound where
he was arrested by people. He would have been lynched if not for the
intervention of the police.”
The suspect said he did not
intentionally kill his boss, adding that he stabbed him during an argument over
his wage.
He said, “He has not paid me
since I started working for him in September last year. On Tuesday when he
brought the money to the office, I asked him to give me my wage from the money
he brought because I was hungry.
“He ignored me and refused to give
me the money; so, I forcefully took N200,000 from the money. But he grabbed it
and slapped me. He also brought out a knife to stab me, but I managed to
collect the knife from him. I stabbed him and ran out of the office with the
N200,000. I acted that way because I was frustrated; I did not know that he
would die.”
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