17-year-old employee admits murdering employer over N150,000

A 17-year-old, Philip Emmanuel, has confessed to teaming up with an accomplice, Precious, to murder their employer, Mrs. Adene Iyabode Deborah.

The victim, a caterer, was discovered dead in her apartment after being missing for several days. She had been stabbed multiple times, and her head was severed.

At the Ondo Police headquarters, Emmanuel revealed that he had worked for Mrs. Deborah for five months as a cook. He explained that Precious, who had only been employed as a driver for two weeks, persuaded him to commit the crime.

According to Emmanuel, Precious overheard that N150,000 had been deposited into their employer’s account and suggested they kill her to steal the money.

“I am here because I killed my madam. Last month, I 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 my madam account. He told me we should kill my madam and collect the money. I said I had not killed someone before.

“On Saturday, madam said I should come and help her wash clothes because 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 it 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 a cutlass to hit the woman. I did it. But I started crying.

“After we killed the woman, the driver went to check the account and found only N60,000. He gave me N30,000. I went to Idanre.”

Ondo Police Commissioner, Oladipo Abayomi, who described Philip as a trusted employee of the deceased, urged residents to be cautious when discussing sensitive financial information, especially around employees or individuals who might misuse such knowledge.