The police in Ondo State have arrested the Togolese cook who allegedly killed his boss, Chief Ope Bademosi, in Lagos.
Police Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph, confirmed the arrest and said the suspect would be paraded today at the headquarters of the command.
Identified as Sunday, the cook was said to have committed the offence at the Lagos home of the deceased after which he allegedly ran away.
He was subsequently declared wanted.
The police in Lagos on Thursday gave an insight into how Bademosi was allegedly stabbed to death at his Park View residence in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday, by the suspect three days after he was brought from Ondo.
It was gathered that the deceased’s wife had gone to the bank when the cook carried out the act and only came back to find her husband in a pool of his blood.
According to a police source, the suspect had turned up the sound system to the loudest volume while he stabbed his victim on his chest multiple times.
“After committing the act, the suspect went to the toilet and pulled off his white cook uniform as it had been stained with blood.
“He also left the knife he used inside the toilet,” the police source said.
The source noted that the knife used in perpetrating the act signified that the suspect could be an ex-military man.
“Again, we went through his things and found some old pictures of him putting on a camouflage belonging to Republic of Benin military,” he added.
The suspect, after committing the act then ransacked the apartment and stole a huge amount of money, valuables such as jewellery and a mobile phone.
The police, in a notice issued to declare the cook wanted, said actions had been taken to apprehend him.
The notice read: “At exactly 8:45 am this morning, information got to the police via a phone call that a murder had occurred in an estate.
“Immediately, actions were taken to apprehend the suspected killer of Chief Ope Bademosi who was stabbed straight on the heart by the Togolese cook he brought in from Ondo State three days ago.
“The culprit is currently at large, anybody with any useful information should contact the nearest police station,” the police said.
Until his death, Bademosi was the CEO of Credit Switch Limited, chairman of Ondo Development Committee (ODC) and the Lotin of Ondo Kingdom.
