A driver, Festus Chukwuemeka,
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.
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