From Ijeoma John Nnewi
The Managing Director Otolo Cars,Chief Innocent Ulasi has debunked the allegations of failing to settle his apprentice,Ani Chisom, who left a suicidal note that read “he committed suicide as a result of his master’s refusal to settle him”.
Ulasi,while speaking with some journalists in his hotel,New Power Hotel,Nnewi disclosed that they agreed with his people that the late Chisom would be settled in December.
Surprisely,Ulasi revealed that after the meeting,a week later,he received a call from Emma his manager who was living with late Chisom at Onitsha office.telling him that late Chisom was nowhere to be found.
He said that some enquiries were made,it was gathered that late Chisom was in Asaba when he(Ulasi)demanded the location,Emmanuel who was the person that called him said late Chisom did not disclose the location.
Ulasi further disclosed he instructed Emma to contact his people that their son late Chisom was no longer with him adding that the agreement to settle him in December remained.
“I was surprised one day when I was called that late Chisom drank poison that I should come to one hospital in Asaba.I refused because they sent a lady’s number which I gathered was his Sugar Mummy he left my house to stay with ”
“I sent my brother to Asaba because I was on my way to Calabar.My brother revealed that late Chisom was in ICU which he suspected that the women with him at the hospital planned to pin his death to me because late Chisom was already dead at the time my brother reached the hospital
My brother called the police. When the policemen came ,they took the lady that brought him to the hospital for her statement” “he said
Ulasi said he has been doing charity all his life that was why he was given the name “Angel Otolo” by his people.He stated he paid school fees for over 224 students in Nnewi High School ,built houses for the less privileged in Nnewi.
He further said he once an apprentice who served Mr Arinze from Abubor Nnewichi, Nnewi for nine years from 1990 to 1999 and was settled with the sum of twenty thousand naira.
“I was grateful to receive the money because settlement is like giving certificate after school.Settling Chisom was never a problem if I could build houses for people,paid school fees for over 224 students with the sum of one million,one hundred seventy two thousand naira,What is now settlement I couldn’t afford ?”he stated
Shockingly, Otolo Cars revealed that he smelt a rat when the lady in question gave Chisom’s brother money for an ambulance to take the body of late Chisom home for burial without autopsy.
“Something is wrong somewhere even the blind can see that.I could remember the ladies vividly the day they came to buy car from me. They are chubby ladies,one fair and the other dark. I am coming for them, let me clear my name first. Thank God the policemen have started their investigation ”
“For how I treat my boys,kindly go to Onitsha you will get all the information you need.He stayed with me for seven years he didn’t commit suicide, he left after three months he committed suicide this leaves more to be desired which I strongly believe that the woman he was staying with had a hand in the suicidal note and his death.” he said
Ulasi disclosed that late Chisom was into so many unhealthy practices like taking hard drugs, betting which he(Ulasi)was unawared,adding it was in the cause of the investigation that these were revealed.