The shipping company, Maersk
Line, has confirmed the Sunday night attack on its managing director, Gildas
Tohouo, that left his wife dead.
In a statement,
the company said Mr Tohouo’s condition in the hospital is ‘’critical but
stable.’’
“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,’’ Maersk said in the statement
issued by its spokesperson, Richard Smith.
‘’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 three children are all safe and
accounted for.
“Our thoughts and deepest sympathy
goes to the family. We will do whatever we can to support them in this
tragedy,” the statement quoted David Williams, Regional Managing Director of
Africa for A.P. Moller – Maersk, as saying.
Mr Tohouo and his wife were
locked up during the attack Sunday night. The wife, who was reportedly asked to
transfer money to the assailants, was later threatened to drink a toxic
substance.
While the attack was ongoing, Mr
Tohouo reportedly placed a call to the chief security officer of his company
who led policemen to the scene of the crime.
The police said they have
arrested the suspects.
Mr Smith said they are in the
process of notifying Mr Tohouo’s family.
‘’Relevant authorities are
investigating the incident. Maersk is supporting the investigation in every
possible way,’’ he added.
Earlier, we gathered
through the Lagos state police that Mr Tohouo’s wife whose name is yet to be
made public as at press time was killed in the attack which occurred at the
family’s residence in highbrow Ikoyi area of the state.
Maersk is an integrated container
logistics company that prides itself as “connecting and simplifying trade to
help our customers grow and thrive”. The company has a team of over 76,000
operating in 130 countries.
Mr Tohouo, a Cameroonian, is in
charge of the Danish company’s operation in Nigeria.
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