A house boy identified as Uche Soroibe, has been caught trying to poison his boss and his family after a third attempt at it.
The young man who is from Ideato in Imo State had tried to poison the family’s food on three occasions after he’d lost a large sum belonging to his boss to fraudsters.
He had initially denied the his intention when caught with the insecticide claiming that he wanted to use it to commit suicide.
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He had reportedly lost N750k which belonged to the man that employed him to fraudsters.
He claimed the fraudsters he met at a bus stop in Oyingbo area of Lagos state, promised to refund the money after using it for an undisclosed business.
Uche said he only met the fraudsters once after which they gave him an account number to pay in the money.
He narrated how he’d planned to murder his boss’s family to get away with his mistake.
On his first attempt, nothing happened to the family. On his second attempt, his boss’ wife found out and poured away the soup. He was however caught on his third attempt.
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