Robbery syndicate which specializes in posing as domestic servants only to rob their employers after 24
hours of being hired been smashed by Lagos police command.
According to the
police, the suspects, John Christian, Angela Ekere, Amos Daniel and Gift
Christian were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad after weeks of
investigation one of the suspects.
It was alleged that
after John was called for his services, he would bring a housemaid and handed
her over to the client. It was learnt that the new housemaid would, within 24
hours, rob the employer of money and other valuables and share the loot with
the suspect.
John, an indigene of
Cross River State said, “I recruit domestic servants for people and I have been
in the business for over a year. Most times,when I hire a housemaid for
someone, the person referred me to another person so that is to show you that I
am genuine. Apart from that, I am also an electrician.’’
“Problem started after I
was introduced to one Mrs Obasi eight months ago. She called me that she needed
a cook but when I got her a cook, she sacked the girl soon after because the
girl was not good at the job. So, I decided to get her another girl.”
Sources gathered that after the robbery,
Angela went to meet her husband, Daniel, and gave him a necklace worth N1m
before proceeding to John’s house to give him his share of the loot.
John said, “Obasi called
me to inform that she was looking for Angela and asked me to call her if I saw
her. A few minutes later, Angela came to my house with jewellery, but instead
of reporting the theft, I was tempted by the devil to conspire with her.
“I took the jewellery to
a Bureau de Change operator who bought the gold from me for N590, 000. I took
N250,000, gave Angela N250,000 and gave my wife, Gift, N30,000. I gave another
friend of mine the remaining money.”
When asked how he spent
his money, he said, “I rented a new apartment for N80,000 in Igando area of
Lagos. I then travelled to my village to enjoy myself.”
However, Angela
maintaining that she was contacted by John for the sole purpose of robbery.
She said, “The previous
housemaid who was employed by madam (Obasi) told John that she was not brave
enough to rob so John told her to case the house and find out where valuables
were kept. Immediately I was hired, I waited for my madam to go out and when
she did, I went straight into her room and stole all her valuables. I left her
house immediately after.’’
“After getting my share
of N250, 000 from John, I went to a boutique and bought clothes worth N250, 000
unfortunately, everything has been seized by SARS men.”
Daniel, who claimed to
be a 30-year-old local carrier, said he sold the necklace given to him by his
wife for N609, 000.and used the money to buy a bus for commercial purpose but
was arrested soon after.
John’s wife, who was
also arrested for receiving N30,000 from the loot, pleaded with the police to
let her go as she did not participate in the robbery.
The police also arrested
the bureau de change operators, Husseini Garba and Musa Adamu, for receiving
and selling stolen property.
The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer,
Damasus Ozoani, confirmed the arrests advised employers of domestic servants to
be very careful, saying “investigations have revealed that kidnapping and
robberies are usually successful due to insider’s connivance’’
Source: punch ng.
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