Philip Emmanuel, a 17-year-old boy, has confessed to conspiring with his accomplice, Precious, to murder their employer, Mrs. Adene Iyabode Deborah.
The deceased, a caterer, was found dead in her apartment with multiple stab wounds and her head severed, after being reported missing for several days.
While being paraded at the Ondo Police headquarters, Emmanuel revealed that he had worked for the victim for five months before the tragic incident. He explained that Precious, who had been employed as a driver for just two months, persuaded him to commit the crime.
According to Emmanuel, Precious had overheard that N150,000 had been deposited into their employer’s account and convinced him to join in the plot to kill her and 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.”
