Harboursandport.com: Lagos
– Six days after the armed attack on the Managing Director of
Maersk Nigeria, Gildas Tohouo which resulted in the death of his wife,
Bernadett Kurucz, Harboursandport can report that Tohouo is still in coma.
It was gathered
that the incident occurred around 9pm Sunday 8th, after their
electrician/building maintenance man came to the apartment under the guise of
fixing an electrical fault.
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| Managing Director of Maersk Nigeria, Gildas Tohouo |
The man was said to have smuggled an
accomplice into the building who he claimed was a guest at the party going on
at an expatriate’s flat, the next neighbour.
Having successfully
smuggled his accomplice in, they were alleged to have tampered with electricity
into the Tohouo’s and then requested their permission to enter their apartment
to resolve the power issue.
As soon as he was
granted access, the suspect and his accomplice allegedly separated the man from
his wife; forced the woman to transfer some money to their account, collected
her Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card and thereafter stabbed her.
They allegedly
forced her to drink acid before suffocating her with willow in order to cover
up their tracks.
Tohouo was said to
have been forced to drink acid as well and also stabbed but was able to send a
distress alert to Maersk security unit which the Chief Security Officer (CSO)
intercepted and contacted Police Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu.
A statement by
Maersk said the three kids are safe and accounted for.
The statement
signed by Richard Smith read, "We are very sorry to confirm that a
colleague and his family have been attacked in their residence in Lagos,
Nigeria during the evening of 8 December 2019. Tragically, the wife of our
colleague passed away at the scene. Our colleague is in the hospital, where his
condition is critical but stable. The 3 children are all safe and accounted
for.
“Our thoughts and
deepest sympathy go to the family. We will do whatever we can to support them
in this tragedy,” says David Williams, Regional Managing Director of Africa for
A.P. Moller - Maersk.
The relatives of
the family are in the process of being notified.
Relevant
authorities are investigating the incident. Maersk is supporting the
investigation in every possible way," he noted.
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