The police in Lagos have arrested a salesman, Charles Ogbonna, for assault after he allegedly stabbed his boss in the chest and back.

City Round learnt that Ogbonna had asked his boss, Eze Nwachukwu, to pay him N4m so he could set up his own business after working for the man for 18 months.

It was gathered that Ogbonna assisted Nwachukwu to sell foodstuffs at a warehouse in Boundary Market in the Ajegunle area of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that there was an agreement that Ogbonna would serve the businessman for five years after which he would be given money to start his own business.

His service was however terminated by the boss in October 2018 over stealing allegation.

Around 10am on Sunday, December 16, Ogbonna was said to have visited Nwachukwu at his house on Ben Onyeka Street, Olodi Apapa, during which he was reportedly treated to a meal.

It was learnt that trouble started when Ogbonna asked Nwachukwu to pay him for his service and the boss insisted to speak to his (Ogbonna’s) brother, identified simply as Honourable, who acted as an intermediary between them.

As Nwachukwu went to his bedroom to pick a sheet of paper, Ogbonna reportedly followed him and stabbed him in the chest and back, demanding N4m from the boss.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that neighbours were drawn to the commotion resulting from the attack. They rescued Nwachukwu and rushed him to a hospital while Ogbonna was handed over to the police at the Trinity Police Station.

The 35-year-old businessman told the police that he wanted to write his phone number for the suspect to give Honourable when he suddenly attacked him.

He recalled, “I sell foodstuffs at Boundary Market. Sometime in 2016, Honourable brought Ogbonna from Ebonyi State to work for me. It was agreed that he would serve me for five years after which I would ‘settle’ him. He was supposed to spend six months to learn the business and the period was not part of the five years. He had just spent 18 months out of the five years when I sent him back to the village in October because I caught him stealing my goods.

“I was sleeping that Sunday when Ogbonna came to my house. He said he was coming from Aba, Abia State and decided to visit us. He said he was hungry and my wife gave him the food she had cooked for me. After he finished eating, we started discussing in the living room. He asked me to pay him. I was surprised because he had not fulfilled the agreement of the service.

“When he insisted that I pay him, I demanded to discuss with his brother on the phone on how to go about it. I went inside the bedroom to get a sheet of paper I could use to write my phone number for him when he appeared with a knife and stabbed me in the chest.

“When I wanted to shout, he pushed me on the ground and stabbed me in the back. He asked me to transfer N4m to his account or else he would kill me. We dragged each other to the doorstep as I struggled to collect the knife from him. If not for my neighbours who responded, he might have killed me.”

Nwachukwu’s wife, Gift, said she had left Ogbonna and her husband at home that day while she went to the market to buy some items.

She said she was at the market when Ogbonna called her that Nwachukwu was unconscious.

“I left for the market while he (Ogbonna) was eating. Some minutes after I got to the market, I called my husband, but he did not pick his calls. Ogbonna later called me with my husband’s phone. He said something was wrong with my husband, and that I should come home. By the time I got home, my neighbours had taken him to a hospital. They told me it was Ogbonna who stabbed him.”

In his statement to the police, the 24-year-old salesman allegedly admitted to the crime, adding that he regretted his conduct.

He said, “I am from Ebonyi State but I was born and brought up in Benue State. I came to Lagos in 2016. Presently, I am not doing anything. Mr Nwachukwu is my boss. I went to his house that day and begged him to ‘settle’ me. When he was reluctant, I entered the kitchen and picked a knife. I used it to stab him in the shoulder. I am very sorry for what I did. I did not know what came over me.”

A police prosecutor, Inspector Benedict Aigbokhan, subsequently brought Ogbonna before an Ajegunle Magistrate’s Court on one count of assault.

The charge read, “That you, Charles Ogbonna, on December 16, 2018, at 10.30am, on Ben Onyeka Street, Olodi Apapa, in the Apapa Magisterial District, did unlawfully assault one Eze Nwachukwu, by stabbing him in the back and chest with a knife, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

But the defendant pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.

The complainant, who is reportedly on admission at an undisclosed hospital, was not in court when Ogbonna was arraigned on December 18.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs Joy Ugbomoiko, denied the defendant bail. She said she would need to see the degree of the injury before she would rule on the bail application.

The case was adjourned till January 15, 2019.
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Ingrate. That's why people are reluctant to help others

You've stabbed him in the back yet 4m you never still get.

Now its very likely you'll never get it plus you'll spend 2018 xmas in jail.

Some people act in the spur of the moment without thinking about future consequences.

Wetin the judge dey wait for... ..

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Na dem children of cocaine

Charles Ogbonna

Even when they want to olllect money, they do it like armed robbery.

Let's make make Nigeria a better place again.. There is too much hatred in the land.

LOL

Greed! Stealing his goods, he was caught and sent packing. Is that too much for the owner to do? Until you ruin him, na then him go take action. 4m for services he didn't render. Ingrate beings everywhere.


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4M for just 18months?

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This gives a lesson folks: Resist the devil and he'll flee from you.
Don't let your mind to be wide open, your mind is your door protect it from the evil one.

He should be forgiven, he realizes his mistake. There is no man that has never done a mistake, and when we do we want forgiveness. So ogbonna has the right to forgiven, if God forgives him, then all men has to forgive him too. God bless you.

Nnamdi KANU must hear this

It's time we stopped this indirect slavery attitude.....

If he no stab am now the world no go hear him story, some people are Pharaoh they want you to serve them forever.

The guy should face the music for his crime. But I must also say that it seems the boss didn't want to settle him at all for the period he served. This sort of incidents are becoming more rampant these days. Bosses should endeavor to settle their apprentices, no matter how little, to avoid this type of occurrence.

chai Buhari is to be blamed.

4 what?

Some bosses are wicked.

Some bosses are wicked.

My neighbor is owed over 300k by Setbiz Datalinks Concept Limited, by Barnex Junction, Abuja for over a year now. They were hired by Management Alternatives Limited, Area 11, Behind Sahad Stores and outsourced to Setbiz..They used a lawyer to threaten her and others to stop disturbing them that they are in "dispute" over the issue.


The companies still do hiring for the said Setbiz.

Triangles1:
If he no stab am now the world no go hear him story, some people are Pharaoh they want you to serve them forever.

Hope u read the story well,
He was sacked after 18 months of active service when he was caught stealing, ,
And not up to the 5 years as was agreed

4m for 18 months..
He's not okay...
Young boys don't appreciate the apprenticeship system again...
They want quick money....
Let justice prevail...

Nawaoooo...But the guy really went too far stabbing his ex-boss. Well my younger bro was in that kind of situation, though it didn't go that far cos his boss settled him based on the number of years he stayed with him.

You sacked someone for stealing; days, weeks or months later, he shows up at your doorstep and you give him food and welcome him into your home. Please what is the motive here? Were you planning on rehiring him? At times like this, I like to refer to 50 cent's lyrics, " You ain't no friend of mine, you ain't no kin of mine, what makes you think I won't run up on you with a knife?".....My people, seek wisdom!

When men don plan for December finish only to see different thing


Can't you just take it easy with your boss


How much does a salary earner even earn that when you work for a year and six months 4million go just embrace your bank account

thank God the man survived. ... he don mix with ajegunle boys, someone must have adviced him on that

abbey621:
You sacked someone for stealing; days, weeks or months later, he shows up at your doorstep and you give him food and welcome him into your home. Please what is the motive here? Were you planning on rehiring him? At times like this, I like to refer to 50 cent's lyrics, " You ain't no friend of mine, you ain't no kin of mine, what makes you think I won't run up on you with a knife?".....My people, seek wisdom!

The fact that he no longer serves you doesn't mean there should be acrimony between the two parties. A boy served me for 6 months, when I noticed his intolerable stubborn attitude, coupled with disrespect to customers, I called his people and told them I was no longer interested with staying with him, else he'll spoil the other boys for me. While he was with me, I ensured he wrote WAEC and NECO.

I still maintain cordial relationship with the family, they understand the problem their son has, he has been with 2 other different masters who both sent him home after 2 months and 5 months respectively. I took a leap of faith with him, yet it didn't work.

Last I heard, he is in Alvan Ikoku COE studying for tertiary education with the WAEC he acquired under my roof. I was happy when I heard that and I wish him well.