A casual worker named Ikechukwu Amos, 28, with a drug producing company murdered his female chinese boss, Alice Xu, for constantly harassing him and insulting his mum. Amos worked in Green World at Tayo Loose Close, Akinola Cole Estate , Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja for the Chinese 26-year-old woman before the incident on Friday.
It was reported that Amos broke into Xu's apartment and murdered her in her sleep by suffocating her with a pillow. Amos had earlier on complained to his close pals that Alice had been harrasing him and he would soon deal with her.
After the murder, Amos ransacked the room and stole Alice's funds amounting to N800,000 and $2,000 in cash. He then put up an act as a mad man to avoid being apprehended by security guards and police men attached to the estate. He was, however, stopped by the security guards and searched and the stolen funds were found on him.
The security man who nabbed Amos said:
“I was at the security post around 9 pm 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 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.”
A police source said the suspect in his statement, stated that he had endured frequent harassment by the woman and decided to punish her.
“He alleged that the woman had been very insulting and disrespecting to him over a period of time. He said the woman even insulted his mother.
He was employed recently by the woman through somebody and he worked in the supply department.
He gained access to 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.”
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 learned about the incident. I was shocked. The woman was young and usually jogged around the estate. I think it was greed that made Amos kill the woman,” he added.
Coined from Pulseng
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