I ESCAPED IN A TRUCK AFTER KILLING MY BOSS, TOGOLESE COOK CONFESSES

The Lagos State Police Command, after further investigation  revealed how the  cook, allegedly stabbed Opeyemi Bademosi on the chest three times on October 31 and escaped with valuables, but  was tracked to Ondo where he was arrested on November 2.

Penpushing reports that the Command’s spokesman, Chike Oti, told journalists that the suspect was availed the services of a French speaking lawyer from the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) in the course of the investigation.

He stated further that the journey that eventually ended the life of the victim who is an Ondo indigene and a business mogul started on October 28 when he employed the suspect as cook, but three days after, the suspect attacked his boss with a knife, to rob him inside the bedroom  and to cart away money and other valuables

“On October 31, three days after assuming duty, the suspect with the intention to rob the deceased, made his way to his boss bedroom through the kitchen to the lobby and then to the room which was the scene of crime when he observed that the woman of the house, Mrs Ebunola Bademosi, left home for a transaction in a neighbourhood bank,” the police said.

The police spokesperson said, the cook after  entering his boss bedroom  told  him (deceased)  that he was not there to kill him but to get money while armed with a knife, and on seeing him on the bed, he said, “Chief I am not here to kill you” the deceased asked him “what do you want” and he replied “money”.

“The deceased said he had no money in the house. At this point, the suspect said he tied him up with a cloth and put him on the floor. He went further to say that the deceased while still on the floor kicked him causing the knife he tucked inside his pants to fall off’.

“He added that the deceased crawled to pick the knife but he (the suspect) was faster, that he struggled with him and the knife accidentally pierced the deceased. He said that while exiting the room, the deceased took the knife to stab him so he kicked him and he fell down’.

“He then took the knife and stabbed him twice on the chest which added to three knife stabs. When he was done killing the man, he entered his bathroom and threw away his apron already stained with blood and the kitchen knife used as murder weapon.

“He thereafter heard a knock on the kitchen door, sensing it must be the deceased wife, he ran out of the room and exited from the sitting room door. He was confronted by the guard at the gate, one Nura Mamudu, who asked him where he was hurrying to and he replied that “madam sent me on an errand”

“Finding himself in the street, he came across men loading cement into a truck. He assisted them and they rewarded him with a lift to Ondo State and N500.00 given to him by the truck driver in appreciation,” Oti said.

Penpushing further reports that, the police added that investigation revealed that the deceased’s wife entered the crime scene through the sitting room after knocking several times on the kitchen door without response from the suspect.

The police  said that the deceased, some minutes before his death, called his wife, Ebunola Bademosi, on phone, complaining that the suspect broke into his bedroom uninvited, adding that, “the suspect broke down in tears and confessed to the act after he was confronted with evidence of the CCTV footage.

“The suspect led the investigation team to the crime scene demonstrating/reconstructing how he carried out the crime. The samples recovered from the scene of the incident have been handed over to Forensic and DNA Department of Ministry of Justice for examination and analysis.” he added

Penpushing also reports that, the police imagemaker said that the autopsy report attributed the cause of death to (a) Bilateral Haemothorax (b) Laceration of the lung and intercostal vessels and (c) Multiple sharp force trauma to the chest.

However, the police said investigations showed that the other suspects; Kofi Friday, Agbeko Ayenahin, Salisu Hussein and Nura Mamudu were not linked to the crime, explaining further that, “investigation has established a prima facie case of armed robbery/murder of  Opeyemi Bademosi, against Sunday Adefonou Anani.

“It is evident that the suspect single handedly committed the crime by stabbing Mr Opeyemi Bademosi to death with a kitchen knife with intent to steal from him. To this end, the suspect will be arraigned in court while the other suspects who are not linked to the crime will be released to reliable sureties’.

Penpushing further reports that, as at the time of filing this report, the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has directed that the casefile be duplicated and forwarded to the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) for vetting and legal advice.

The Commissioner thanked Lagosians for keeping faith with the police and for their patience throughout the duration of the murder investigation which took the command a record of two days to unravel and apprehend the author of the crime, Sunday Adefonou Anani.

 Penpushing also  reports that the police boss boasted  that criminal investigation has gone beyond the era of rule of thumb to an era of scientific and research based investigation in Lagos State Police Command.