A driver identified as Olumide Babajide of a popular Nigerian phone retail outlet, Slot Nigeria Limited, has been arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
The suspect who is 42 and hails from Kwara State, was tracked
and arrested in Kaduna State over the diversion of
N5.95 million worth of laptops, mobile phones and its accessories, after
taking them from the Slot Nigeria Office based in Computer Village,
Ikeja, Lagos.
The suspect who is 42 and hails from Kwara State, was tracked
and arrested in Kaduna State over the diversion of
N5.95 million worth of laptops, mobile phones and its accessories, after
taking them from the Slot Nigeria Office based in Computer Village,
Ikeja, Lagos.
According to reports, The driver, who was engaged in March, 2017, by the company, was
directed to move the consignment to Slot Outlet in Victoria Island,
Lagos in May 2, 2017, when the incident happened.
directed to move the consignment to Slot Outlet in Victoria Island,
Lagos in May 2, 2017, when the incident happened.
According to Olumide, a diploma in computer science holder, “I took
the good from Slot’s outlet in Ikeja. I was to deliver it to another
outlet in Victoria Island, Lagos, but instead I took the goods to
Pam-Pam Hotel, Ikeja, while I returned the company’s Hilux car to R
& S hotel, where we normally park the company’s vehicles.
the good from Slot’s outlet in Ikeja. I was to deliver it to another
outlet in Victoria Island, Lagos, but instead I took the goods to
Pam-Pam Hotel, Ikeja, while I returned the company’s Hilux car to R
& S hotel, where we normally park the company’s vehicles.
This wasn’t the first time I would be moving laptops, mobile phones
and their accessories from one outlet to the other. Since I joined the
company in March and I was assigned the job of a delivery man, it had
been my idea to divert the goods and abscond.”
and their accessories from one outlet to the other. Since I joined the
company in March and I was assigned the job of a delivery man, it had
been my idea to divert the goods and abscond.”
He continued, “as soon as it was 5:00 p.m. that very day, I took a drop from the hotel with the consignment to Ejigbo, where I boarded a Kaduna bound bus.
Before I got to Kaduna, I already contacted one of the buyers. She
bought N1.4 million worth of phones, laptops and phone accessories while
I also sold in unit to some other buyers as well.”
bought N1.4 million worth of phones, laptops and phone accessories while
I also sold in unit to some other buyers as well.”
Sources disclosed that the suspect at Kaduna dashed out about 10
mobiles to passers-by. He also gave out two phones to a new mistress
while he bought a Peugeot 206, 1999 model with new registration number
DKA 859 KA from the proceeds of his sales for N912, 000:00.
mobiles to passers-by. He also gave out two phones to a new mistress
while he bought a Peugeot 206, 1999 model with new registration number
DKA 859 KA from the proceeds of his sales for N912, 000:00.
The father of three was also reported to have procured a 32 inch
Samsung LCD for N62, 000, while lodging in a hotel abandoning his wife
and children in the Kaduna.
Samsung LCD for N62, 000, while lodging in a hotel abandoning his wife
and children in the Kaduna.