Man who Killled Business Partner begs for Forgiveness

Agbaire Kingsley pictured above is alleged to have killed his business partner Lawrence Okoh from Ubulu-ukwu in DELTA state ,on the pretext of supplying him spare parts worth =N=1.6m.He deceived LAWRENCE to meet him in Warri on August 2nd 2016 after which Kingsley refused to pay up for the goods claiming they are fake and later killed him two days after his arrival.

That Wednesday 3rd August night at about 8pm was the last time he spoke with his wife. His wife said he had stayed too long in Warri, asking him to send the number of the man he went to see, which he did. He also sent the number to Callus through text message. He later sent a message to his wife that Kingsley and his friend had collected his ATM card, shoes and clothes. That was the last time his wife and friend heard from him as he became unreachable after that.

The  deceased brothers left Ibadan, Oyo State for Warri on Monday, August 8 when they couldn't communicate with Lawrence. They went to Warri Area Commander and narrated what happened, they were given a team which started work immediately. The detectives were able to locate Kingsley's residence and they arrested him.

During police investigation, Kingsley confessed that he broke his SIM card when he was being pestered with frequent calls from Lawrence’s family. When asked of the deceased whereabouts, he said Lawrence left his house in annoyance when he told him that the goods he brought were not genuine parts. The Area Commander and some police detectives were able to get a confession from Kingsley saying Lawrence was dead.

 When asked how he died, he confessed that he and one other man, Kennedy (surname withheld) killed him. “He said they killed him by smashing a bottle on his head. He spoke further that his victim could not cry for help because he was weak by then. He did not disclose what he did to render him weak. He said after the killing, they buried Lawrence at the backyard of the building beside his house, and that his partner in crime fled to Ghana afterwards.

It was learnt that the goods the deceased took to Warri were worth N1.6 million. Okoh was said to have known Kingsley about eight years before his brutal killing and had supplied him spare parts while the latter was in Lagos State and the former resided in Ibadan.



Culled from Trubune.