Operatives
of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos have arrested a
female house-help who allegedly connived with her boyfriend and two fake
soldiers to rob her master of over 100,000 Dollars.
The
23 year-old house help, Adaeze Ijeoma, allegedly sneaked into her
master’s bedroom located in Maryland, Lagos, last month, after he
traveled out of the country. Unsure of where to keep the foreign
currency, she reportedly took it to her boyfriend, one Onyebuchi Uche,
only for him to flee with the money, leaving Adaeze in doubt.
On
his part, Onyebuchi , who has been jobless for years, rushed to Alade
market, Ikeja where he changed some of the dollars to naira and
thereafter, deposited the sum of N8 million in two banks. He thereafter,
told operatives at SARS that he also bought a car; ‘End of Discussion’
and a plot of land in an undisclosed area where he had started molding
blocks for building.
Determined
to get her own share of the loot from him, betrayed Adaeze was said to
have confided with one of her relatives identified simply as Nnamdi to
help retrieve the money from her estranged lover.
Nnamdi
and two other persons clad in Military camouflage reportedly stormed
Maryland last week where on spotting Onyebuchi, bundled him inside his
new vehicle and took him to a hotel in Mende area of Lagos, where they
reportedly tortured him and forced him to disclose where he kept the
money. They reportedly managed to get the sum of N6.5 million from two
separate banks where Onyebuchi kept the money, including the new car he
bought.
However,
just when Adaeze was contemplating on what to do with her own share of
the recovered loot, an eight man robbery gang reportedly stormed her
master’s home, where an unspecified amount including his phones and
other valuables were carted away.
The
robbery case was reported at SARS after which Adaeze and two other
persons were arrested. Although she denied having a hand in the recent
robbery, she however, disclosed her role in the theft of 100,000
Dollars.
In
this interview with Crime Guard, she said: “I am from Akri village in
Ogbaru Local Government area of Anambra State. I left the village in
2010, after my secondary school education in search of greener pastures
in Lagos, where I started working as a house-help for Chief Uche and was
paid the sum of N10,000 monthly. I lived in the same apartment with
chief and to be honest to him, he has treated me as a member of the
family.
“I
met my boyfriend Onyebuchi after being lonely for a while in 2011. I
was tempted to steal my boss’s money and gave it to my boyfriend to keep
so that we can start our own life. I gave him because he promised he
would marry me. I stole the money so that we can, at least, get a lease
of life when married. I believed he would use it wisely because he has
always had plans for the future.
“But
I began suspecting foul play after he stopped picking my calls. When I
went to where he lives in Mende, I was told he usually came home late.
Later, those who know us told me he started driving a car. That was when
I contacted my uncle, Nnamdi to help retrieve the money from him. On
the day, he was to go with his two soldier friends, I waited at Mende
for Onyebuchi and when I sighted him, I pointed him to them and left for
home immediately. After he was tortured, he called me on the phone that
he was sick and when I went to see him, he said some robbers stole the
money from him and even battered him to stupor.
“I
swear, I do not know anything about the other robbery operation in the
house. The robbers came armed and forced me to take them round the
house. They only got some money in the guest room and took my master’s
Black berry phone, his gold wrist watch and other things. They also took
my phone but left it at the backyard. I did what I did out of love for
my boyfriend, not knowing he would betray me. Now he has fled, leaving
me to bear the consequences alone, without having a taste of the money,
“she stated in tears.
On
his part, Nnamdi claimed he was once a military personnel but resigned
on his return from a foreign mission where he got the sum of N2 million.
Surprisingly, Nnamdi was discovered to be an in-law to Chief Uche. “I
am from Akaokwa village, in Ideato North Local Government area, Imo
State and the complainant is married to my father’s sister. I used to
sleep in their house any time I came to Lagos to sell palm oil and at
times, I spent one month.
“When
Adaeze told me about the money, I threatened I was going to tell her
boss. But on second thought, I thought if I got the money, I could use
it to enrich myself. I then contacted Chima, my friend who is now at
large. It was Chima who contacted a soldier who initially gave his name
as Corporal Humphrey. It was later we discovered he was a dismissed
soldier. We lodged at Tropicana Hotel in Mende Maryland, where we took
Onyebuchi to. I was in full Army uniform while Ajaghe, my other friend,
was wearing a camouflage cap, pretending to be soldiers.
“We
tied him to a ceiling fan and beat him in order to force him to tell us
where he kept the money. We seized his car. And ordered him to transfer
the N2.4 million he said was in First Bank and N5.5 million in Fidelity
bank to my account for easy withdrawal. We used ATM card to withdraw
the money for one week from one of the banks while we withdrew the rest
from separate branches of the other bank. At the end, I gave
Onyebuchi’s car to Chima to keep and N500,000 to Ajaghe , while I kept
the rest, with the hope of giving some to Adaeze and keeping the rest”,
he said, adding that he knew nothing about the robbery operation at
Chief Uche’s apartment.
The
Commander, SARS, Mr. Abba Kyari, said the suspects would be charged to
court while efforts were still on to get arrested other fleeing members
of the gang.
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