The Ondo state police command today has arrested a certain Adewale Adegoroye for allegedly killing his boss during a recent fight.
According to the state commissioner of police, Gbenga Adeyanju, the suspect allegedly attacked one Akin Akinmulero, the manager of Ondo Multipurpose Cooperative Union, by stabbing him with a knife yesterday morning.
The suspect, according to the CP, also snatched the sum of N700,000 from the victim after stabbing him. The victim was rushed to the State Specialist Hospital where he later died.
The suspect, who was in shock after hearing about the death of his boss when journalists wanted to interview him, narrated his side of the story.
According to him, he started working with the victim last year September but did not get paid since then. So when he learnt the man was going to the bank to collect money, he went to block him.
He told the victim to part with some of the monet, but he refused which made him stab him.
In tears, the suspect who said he only took the action because of hunger said he did not know it would lead to the victim’s death.