More facts have
emerged from the unfortunate incident involving the MD of Maersk shipping
company, Gildas Tohouo.
Information from the
police states that Mr Tohouo, a native of Cameroon and his wife a Bulgarian
reside at the Cul De Sac Compound, the same as former Head of State Ernest
Shonekan which is off Oba Adeyinka Oyekan in Ikoyi, a highbrow area in the
state.
According to the
police, the estate electrician had gone to the couple’s home under the guise of
coming to fix an electrical fault. He came in with one of his friend.
When they gained
entrance, the eletrician and his friend overpowered the couple and locked them
in separate rooms. Mrs Tohouo was said to have been forced to transfer some
money to her attackers after which she was forced to drink acid, stabbed and
suffocated with a pillow. The assailants then moved to Mr Tohouo who they
forced to drink acid and also stabbed.
He was however able to send a distress call to his company’s Chief
Security Officer (CSO) who in turn contacted the Lagos state Commissioner of
Police, Hakeem Odumosu.
Bala Elkana, the state
police command’s spokesperson, said those who carried out the attack are
currently in police custody.
“We have an incident
on someone who was attacked with his wife. Both of them were stabbed. The wife
died and he is still alive and responding to treatment. Those who carried it
out are in our custody. One of them is an electrician in the estate, who was
assisted by his friend. Their aim was to steal from the man. They were there to
rob” he said