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 arrested other fleeing
members of the gang.
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