A driver, Festus Chiukwuemeka, 32, who allegedly absconded with his
employer’s $50,000, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
The driver was working with a Lagos-based Bureau de Change firm, Westron
Finance Limited, when he allegedly stole the money and fled on 21 January,
2014.
The suspect was arrested and brought back to Nigeria by operatives of the
Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigerian Police, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos,
western Nigeria in collaboration with the police from Benin Republic.
The PPRO of the unit, DSP Ngozi Isintume-Agu, said the suspect is a
Mechanical Engineering graduate of Abia State University and hails from Umuoma
Okpofe Ezinihite Mbaise in Imo State, southeast Nigeria.
Agu said the police traced the suspect to Cotonou, Benin Republic, after the
Managing Director of Westron Finance Limited wrote a petition to the
Commissioner of Police, SFU, and sought for assistance, alleging that his driver
had absconded with the $50,000 he sent him to purchase from the Central Bank of
Nigeria, Lagos for business transaction.
She said that the suspect was arrested when he was trying to purchase a Hiace
bus with part of the stolen money.
She said that during interrogation, the suspect allegedly confessed to the
crime that the devil and greed pushed him to steal the money and he admitted
that part of the money was with his wife at a village in Idiroko border area of
Ogun State, southwest Nigeria.
The driver led the police to the village, where his wife identified as
Blessing, was arrested and they recovered the sum of $15,000 and CF2, 620,000
from her.
Agu said the suspect will be charged to court after investigation.
Source: PM News
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