Ondo: How Driver Forced Me To Kill Our Madam Over ‘N150,000’ — 17-Year-Old Suspect Confesses

A 17-year-old Ondo resident, Philip Emmanuel, has confessed to killing his principal, a popular caterer, Mrs Adene Deborah in Ondo State over N150,000 suspected credited to her account.

Emmanuel, a domestic staff to Deborah revealed that it was his colleague, the newly employed driver, Precious who forced him into the crime of murder over the said amount.

The suspect paraded at the Ondo Police Command on Wednesday, admitted to having refused to kill his principal, but the driver had threatened to kill him if distanced himself from the plan.

Speaking to the press, Emmanuel said, “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 has 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 kill 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.

“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 would 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 the account and found only N60,000. He gave me N30,000. I went to Idanre.

“After four days, we heard the woman had 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.”

Reacting to the situation, the Ondo Police Commissioner, Oladipo Abayomi, urged residents to be cautioned when discussing sensitive financial information, especially around employees or individuals who might misuse such knowledge.

While noting that Philip who had only worked for his principal for five months was a trusted employee, the commissioner enjoined Nigerians
to avoid openly discussing financial transactions or other personal matters in the presence of staff or others who do not need to be informed.

Ondo: How Driver Forced Me To Kill Our Madam Over ‘N150,000’ — 17-Year-Old Suspect Confesses is first published on The Whistler Newspaper