How we killed our boss after birthday celebration – staffs confesses in Ondo

Two domestic staff members have confessed to murdering Mrs. Olakunbi Adene, a well-known caterer and CEO of Kitchen Country in Akure, Ondo State.

The confession revealed that they killed her shortly after she prepared a special meal to thank them for their service, just two days after celebrating her 54th birthday.

Mrs. Adene was tragically killed the same night she entertained her staff at her residence on Oda Road in Akure. Following her murder, the suspects stole two of her Android phones, which led to their arrest. Police detectives tracked the phones, resulting in the apprehension of the suspects last week in Akure and Idanre.

The incident has shocked the community, as Mrs. Adene was respected for her culinary expertise and generous spirit. The case is currently under investigation as the authorities seek justice for her untimely death.

A police source told our correspondent: “The first suspect was tracked to Idanre, where the driver was said to have fled while the second Android phone was tracked to Akure.

“One of the suspects said the three of them (Driver, P/A and another friend) went to their late boss’ house, who cooked for them on that fateful Thursday and after eating the delicious food, they descended on her, gagged her mouth and used two big cutlasses they brought along to severe her head while she was pleading to them to spare her life.

“The suspect said the generator was on between 6p.m., and 7p.m and the deafening noise of the generator did not let others know.

“They said they covered the deceased’s head with duvet and continued hitting her head, they later severed her wrist and leg. Not only this, the suspect said the other two were with knives and started stabbing her stomach, chest and breasts.

“Her intestines were said to have come out while the body was full of scars.

“The suspects in order to cover their tracks and want people to believe it was a fire accident, went to the kitchen and light the gas with matches, then opened the gas from the cylinder and emptied the gas in order to make it explode.

“They then covered it with rubber clothes to made it burn the whole house, so that people would think it was caused by gas explosion from the kitchen.

“But the gas cylinder did not explode as they planned. They then took her ATM cards and two Android phones and fled the scene.”

Speaking on the murder, her younger brother, Adebola Oyeneye, said: “I was the one who took the body to the mortuary, they burnt part of the stomach.”

Also speaking, the deceased husband, Dele Adene said the autopsy would be done later and confirmed that the killers used knives to stab her severally.

According to him, “I went with the police to the house last Friday looking for the knives they used, because one of them confessed that they used knives to stab her and when one broke, they picked another one, maybe the knife had been buried in her stomach. It’s when the autopsy is done that we would know.”