New details have emerged on how the Director of Maersk Line Shipping Company, Gildas Tohouo, and his wife were attacked at home in Bourdillon, Ikoyi on Sunday night.
The Incident happened about 8 – 9pm, Dec. 8, 2019, while an ex-pat in the same building was having a party.
Viral reports say the building maintenance man/ electrician brought in an accomplice under the guise of being a guest to the party. Once in and plan finalized, tripped the light to the victims’ residence and asked for access to victims’ apartment to resolve the fault.
Being a known person, the victim’s spouse gave access and the two culprits proceeded to stab her fatally. The Maersk MD was able to send SOS text before he was accosted and also stabbed severally.
Tohouo, a Cameroonian, sustained serious injuries in the attack, while his wife, a Hungary national, died before she could be taken to the hospital.
The two suspects were identified as Ade Akanbi and Olamide Goke, while the police confirmed they had also recovered the two knives used during the attack.
A police source, who pleaded anonymity, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune, said the electrician had lied to the man’s family that he wanted to carry out electrical repairs in the couple’s home following a power outage.
The electrician, in his confessional statement to the police, confessed to have carried out the attack, while blaming his action for Tohouo’s refusal to give him money after he had begged him on several occasions.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest of two suspects.