Detectives attached to
the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man, who claimed to be the
former chef of the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
The suspect, Joseph
Ogar Agbeh, said that he worked for Ojukwu and Bianca as chef in 1998, but left
because, “Ojukwu was too strict and harsh.
He used to slash
salaries as disciplinary measures. I was discouraged.”
The suspect also
described himself as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Jokas
Football Academy, based in Calabar, Cross Rivers.
The academy promised
to train and take young hopeful footballers to overseas in order to fix them in
clubs.
Agbeh, who claimed to
have secured the chef job through the help of Ojukwu’s friend, called Mr.
Innocent Morris, was accused of poisoning the food of his present boss, in
order to steal jewelry worth N15million.
According to police
detectives, Agbeh went up to his master’s bedroom after the man became
unconscious and was rushed to the hospital.
The chef ransacked his
boss’s room and carted away the jewelry.
This drama unfolded in
the home while Agbeh’s mistress was overseas.
The kids and housemaid
were in another wings of the house and unaware that Agbeh had a sinister motive
when he left his kitchen duties and went upstairs, ostensibly to sweep his
“Oga’s room.” A duty he had never performed until that fateful day.
He had only worked
three days when he carried out the operation.
He would later sell the
jewelry at Obalende, Ikoyi, Lagos State for just a paltry sum of N1m.
Police and Agbeh
described his boss as ‘very rich.’
It took police over
two weeks to be able to track and arrest him.
Preliminary
investigations showed that documents he used in securing his present chef job
in the home of the rich man were all fake.
Also, details he gave
to the employment agency, where he registered as someone seeking for the job of
a chef and steward, were also said to be fake.
While admitting
stealing the jewelry after his boss was rushed to hospital, Agbeh denied
poisoning the man.
Police are also
speculating that maybe he committed a crime while working with Ojukwu and was
sacked.
The suspect said: “Ojukwu didn’t sack me. I sacked myself! I
didn’t commit any crime in Ojukwu’s house. You can call Bianca and ask her. I
didn’t poison my present boss.
If I poisoned him, may I not get out of this police problem!
In fact, he had not tasted anything I cooked on that day before he started
feeling feverish. He drove himself to the hospital.
I later prepared food for him, which was taken to the
hospital. When he didn’t return that day, I carried out the operation. I stole
the jewelry.”
Source:
julianafrancis.blogspot.com.ng
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