An 18yrs old housemaid who stole her boss’ N1.5m within just 2-and-half
hours of being employed has been arrested alongside her accomplices –
the 30-year-old man who married her mother, Gabriel Igbang and her mum,
Joy Gabriel.
employer’s residence in Lagos, then proceeded to a bush in Ogun to bury
her loot, before escaping to Benin, the Edo State capital.It was gathered that Happiness was engaged by Mrs Bolanle Ibukunoluwa
sometimes in May 2016, through one Alhaja popularly known as Iya Dolapo,
as a housemaid and the monthly salary agreed upon was N7,000 to be paid
in bulk at the end of the year.
On June 26, 2016, at about 5:30 pm, the maid (Happiness) moved into her
employer’s house, on that fateful day, the woman (Mrs Bolanle) went out
and came back at about 8:00pm only to discover that her new house-help
is nowhere to be found.
She forced the gate opened and then discovered that her Lenovo phone
valued at N20, 000 and the N1.5m she kept in her room was nowhere to be
found. She rushed immediately to her neighbour’s place to ask about the
whereabouts of her housemaid and they told her she left before 8:00 p.m.
She later went to report the incident at Central Police Station.
her, after much interrogation they confessed and Happiness took the
police to the bush in Ogun where the sum of N300,000 was recovered and
another N252, 500 was also recovered at another location in the bush at
Ogun State.
Delivering her judgement, Magistrate Omoyele found the first defendant
guilty of conspiracy and stealing and consequently sentenced her to
2-and-half years imprisonment without an option of fine.
Her step father was found guilty of the offence of receiving stolen property and was jailed one year without an option of fine.