A domestic servant has allegedly attacked and killed his employer with a pestle in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
The deceased, Chima Anolue, a lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, was attacked with a pestle when a fight ensued between him and the domestic staff.
It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday night at Ifite village in Awka.
Punch reports that the suspect was said to have bruised the deceased’s body with a knife after he became unconscious to make it look as if he was attacked by a third party.
According to sources, the suspect was captured by the local security and confessed to repeatedly hitting his late boss with a pestle after he asked him why he hadn’t done his household duties.
However, when he refused to answer, Chima slapped him, which led to a fight, where he later fatally attacked his boss.
“When he came back, he told me to cook rice. And as I was cooking the rice, he asked me why I did not wash plates. I did not reply. He then asked why I wasn’t responding to his question,” the suspect said.
“In the process, he slapped me. But I told him I usually have ear problems, and that people don’t slap me. As I was saying that, he angrily asked if I was still talking while he was talking. And therefore, he slapped me again and brought out cane and started flogging me all over,”
“Then in the process, I got angry, and we started fighting. It was also in the process of that fight that I picked up the pestle in the kitchen and hit him on the head.”
During interrogation, the suspect who first denied killing his master, later confessed to the crime after he was thoroughly beaten when his moves became suspicious.
A family source said, “While friends and relatives of the deceased were taking him to the hospital that night for medical attention after the encounter, the suspect was attempting to choke him to d£ath right inside the vehicle where he was sitting close to him allegedly to conceal his atrocious acts. It was in the process that we discovered what was going on and therefore we started suspecting him.”
