Badamosi, chairman of Credit Switch Technology, ‘murdered by cook’

Ope Badamosi, chairman of Credit Switch Technology, a
Nigerian tech company, was murdered in the early hours of
Wednesday.

THISDAY quoted some
witnesses,^[1] as saying
the father of four was murdered at his residence In Ikoyi,
Lagos, by his cook.

Gbadamosi was reportedly found in a pool of blood with multiple
stab wounds.

“I heard a scream from the wife, so I ran outside to their flat
and saw her screaming outside with people holding her as she said
that her husband had been murdered. When we got inside, we saw the
man in a pool of blood with the volume of music increased to the
highest level,” a neighbour reportedly said.

“Already we had called the attention of the estate police before
going in and they arrived just on time. According to the wife, she
said she left her husband very early this morning to do some
transactions in the bank. On her way back, she called her husband
and couldn’t hear what he was saying as his words were barely
cohesive, and was just muttering words before the call dropped.

“She attempted to call him back but he wasn’t picking up his
phone. On getting home, the security was still asleep and couldn’t
even respond to her car horns till she got down from her car, to
bang on the security’s window; that was when the security
eventually woke up to open the gate for her. But unfortunately, on
entering, she met her husband lying in a pool of his own blood and
couldn’t find the cook who just resumed work on Sunday
anywhere.

“That was when she screamed out for help and sent the security
to help her run to see if he can still apprehend the cook. Perhaps
because of fear, the security who was just employed on Sunday as
well, also took to his heels upon the news that his new boss had
been murdered”.

In an interview with a homicide investigation officer, a source
who pleaded anonymity, said: “This is very wicked. In fact, that
guy must be a devil itself. He stabbed the man in multiple places.
I was the first to enter the apartment. In fact, the music was so
loud that even if you were to be killing 20 people here, no one
would hear them scream. I was the one that put off the sound upon
entering.

“After committing the act, the guy went to the toilet and pulled
off the white uniform meant for cooks he was wearing because it was
all stained with blood. He also left the knife he used inside the
toilet there. If you see the knife, it’s a very strong, long and
sharp knife that could only be authorised for military personnel.
Afterward, he ransacked the whole apartment and carted away all
valuables he could lay his hands on including an unaccountable sum
of money, jewelries and the deceased phone.

“What baffles us more is that, no one seems to know anything
about him because he was only employed few days ago and brought
from Ondo state to resume just this last Sunday. And they only know
him by his first name, which is Sunday. Again, we went through his
things and found some old pictures of him putting on a camouflage
belonging to republic of Benin military. Also he was in a group
picture with all of them wearing Benin Republic military uniform,
which suggests that he could be an ex-service man in Benin
Republic.”

Mustapha Tijani, divisional police officer (DPO) of Ikoyi
division, said an official statement would be issued by the police
as soon as investigation is over.